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(1) PHASES.—Subtitle A of title XLII of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 4223. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN JOINT NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS LIFE CYCLE PHASES. 
‘‘(a) DESIGN AND ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS.— 
The Administrator shall ensure the following: 
‘‘(1) The national security laboratories engage in 
peer review of proposed designs of nuclear weapons. 
‘‘(2) The nuclear weapons production facilities 
are involved early and often during the design and 
engineering process of nuclear weapons in order to 
take into account how such design and engineering 
will affect the production of the nuclear weapons. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS AFTER PHASE 1.—After the Ad-
ministrator completes phase 1 of the joint nuclear weapons 
life cycle for a nuclear weapon, the Nuclear Weapons Coun-
cil shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report containing the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the potential military char-
acteristics of the nuclear weapon. 
‘‘(2) A description of the stockpile-to-target se-
quence requirements of the nuclear weapon. 
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‘‘(3) A description of any other requirements of 
the Administration or the Department of Energy that 
will affect the nuclear weapon, including the first 
product unit date, the initial operational capability 
date, the final operational capability date, or require-
ments relating to increased safety and surety. 
‘‘(4) Initial assessments of the effect to the nu-
clear security enterprise workforce and any required 
new or recapitalized major facilities or capabilities 
relating to the nuclear weapon. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS ENTERING INTO PHASE 2.—Not 
later than 15 days after the date on which the Nuclear 
Weapons Council approves a nuclear weapon for phase 2 
of the joint nuclear weapons life cycle, the Administrator 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan 
to implement an independent peer-review process, a board 
of experts, or both, with respect to the nonnuclear weapon 
component and subsystem design and engineering aspects 
of such nuclear weapon. The Administrator shall ensure 
that such process— 
‘‘(1) uses all relevant capabilities of the Federal 
Government, the defense industrial base, and aca-
demia, and other capabilities that the Administrator 
determines necessary; and 
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‘‘(2) informs the entire development life cycle of 
such nuclear weapon. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS ENTERING INTO PHASE 3.— 
‘‘(1) INDEPENDENT COST ASSESSMENT.—Before 
the Nuclear Weapons Council approves a nuclear 
weapon for phase 3 of the joint nuclear weapons life 
cycle, the Administrator shall ensure that an inde-
pendent cost assessment is conducted for phase 3 that 
includes assigning a percentage of confidence level 
with respect to the Administrator being able to carry 
out phase 3 within the estimated schedule and cost ob-
jectives. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATIONS AND REPORTS.—Not later 
than 15 days after the date on which the Nuclear 
Weapons Council approves a nuclear weapon for 
phase 3 of the joint nuclear weapons life cycle— 
‘‘(A) the Administrator shall certify to the 
congressional defense committees that— 
‘‘(i) the joint nuclear weapons life cycle 
process for phases 1 through 5 of the nuclear 
weapon has equal or greater rigor as the life 
extension process under each part of phase 
6; and 
‘‘(ii) the level of design and technology 
maturity of the proposed design of the nu-
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clear weapon can be carried out within the 
estimated schedule and cost objectives speci-
fied in the cost assessment under paragraph 
(1); and 
‘‘(B) the Commander of the United States 
Strategic Command shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report containing— 
‘‘(i) the specific warhead requirements 
for the delivery system of the nuclear weap-
on, including such planned requirements 
during the 15-year period following the date 
of the report; and 
‘‘(ii) an identification of the tail num-
bers of the warheads for that delivery sys-
tem that may require life extensions, be re-
tired, or be altered during such period, and 
a description of the considerations for decid-
ing on such actions. 
‘‘(e) WAIVERS.—Subsections (b) through (d) may be 
waived during a period of war declared by Congress after 
the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021. 
‘‘(f) JOINT NUCLEAR WEAPONS LIFE CYCLE DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘joint nuclear weapons life 
cycle’ has the meaning given that term in section 4220.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 4222 the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4223. Requirements for certain joint nuclear weapons life cycle phases.’’. 
(c) SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORTS
AND INDE-
PENDENT COST ESTIMATES.—Section 4217(b)(1) of such 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2537(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘phase 6.2A’’ 
and inserting ‘‘phase 2A and phase 6.2A’’; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘phase 6.3’’ 
and inserting ‘‘phase 3 and phase 6.3’’; 
(C) in clause (iii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘phase 6.4’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘phase 4 and phase 6.4’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘phase 6.5’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘phase 5 and phase 6.5’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘phase 6.2’’ 
and inserting ‘‘phase 2 and phase 6.2’’. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director for Cost Esti-
mating and Program Evaluation of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report containing recommendations to 
strengthen governance, program execution, and program 
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management controls with respect to the process of the joint 
nuclear weapons life cycle (as defined in section 4220 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538b). 
SEC. 3112. UNCOSTED AND UNOBLIGATED AMOUNTS OF NA-
TIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
Section 3251(b) of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration Act (50 U.S.C. 2451(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In the budget justification materials for each of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 submitted to Congress in 
support of each such budget, the Administrator shall include 
a detailed description of the uncosted and unobligated 
amounts that the Administrator maintains, listed by the 
year for which the amounts were appropriated, including— 
‘‘(A) the gross uncosted and unobligated amounts 
for each individual program element (using thresholds 
specified in the report submitted by the Secretary of 
Energy to Congress titled ‘Report on Uncosted Bal-
ances for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014’); 
and 
‘‘(B) an explanation for why the uncosted and 
unobligated amounts have not been expended.’’. 
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SEC. 3113. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION RELATING TO RE-
CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE. 
Section 3121 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 
1953) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2021’’. 
SEC. 3114. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON UNAVAIL-
ABILITY FOR OVERHEAD COSTS OF AMOUNTS 
SPECIFIED FOR LABORATORY-DIRECTED RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 3119 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 50 U.S.C. 
2791 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘four’’ and 
inserting ‘‘five’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘February 15, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
SEC. 3115. PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION. 
(a) INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall conduct an independent cost estimate of the Sa-
vannah River Plutonium Processing Facility project 
in accordance with Department of Energy Directive 
413.3b, as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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(2) CONFIDENCE LEVEL.—The assessment under 
paragraph (1) shall assign a percentage of confidence 
level with respect to the Secretary being able to carry 
out the Facility project within the estimated schedule 
and cost objectives. 
(3) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees the independent 
cost estimate under paragraph (1). 
(b) CONDITIONAL REPORTS AND CERTIFICATIONS.— 
(1) LOW CONFIDENCE.—If the assessment under 
subsection (a) assigns a confidence level below 90 per-
cent pursuant to paragraph (2) of such subsection— 
(A) the Secretary shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees the report described 
in paragraph (2); and 
(B) the Commander of the United States 
Strategic Command shall certify to such commit-
tees that either— 
(i) the requirement to produce not less 
than 80 war reserve plutonium pits during 
2030 pursuant to section 4219 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a) can-
not be extended by up to five years without 
causing a grave threat to the national secu-
rity of the United States, taking into ac-
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count options for temporarily surging the 
production of such pits at Los Alamos Na-
tional Laboratory and other mitigation 
strategies available to the Commander; or 
(ii) such requirement can be so ex-
tended without causing a grave threat to the 
national security of the United States. 
(2) REPORT.—The report described in this para-
graph is a report by the Secretary that contains ei-
ther of the following: 
(A) A certification by the Secretary, with-
out delegation, that, notwithstanding the con-
fidence level contained in the assessment under 
subsection (a), the Secretary has a confidence 
level of 90 percent or greater with respect to 
being able to carry out the Facility project with-
in the estimated schedule and cost objectives. 
(B) If the Secretary cannot make the certifi-
cation under subparagraph (A), a plan by the 
Secretary to achieve such a confidence level of 90 
percent or greater, including with respect to 
changing the costs, schedule, and scope of the Fa-
cility project. 
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SEC. 3116. PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
OF ADVANCED NAVAL NUCLEAR FUEL SYS-
TEM BASED ON LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for 
Nuclear Security shall establish a program to assess the via-
bility of using low-enriched uranium in naval nuclear pro-
pulsion reactors, including such reactors located on aircraft 
carriers and submarines, that meet the requirements of the 
Navy. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall carry out activities 
to develop an advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on 
low-enriched uranium, including activities relating to— 
(1) down-blending of high-enriched uranium into 
low-enriched uranium; 
(2) manufacturing of candidate advanced low- 
enriched uranium fuels; 
(3) irradiation tests and post-irradiation exam-
ination of these fuels; and 
(4) modification or procurement of equipment 
and infrastructure relating to such activities. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a plan outlining the 
activities the Administrator will carry out under the pro-
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gram established under subsection (a), including the fund-
ing requirements associated with developing a low-enriched 
uranium fuel. 
SEC. 3117. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON EFFECTS OF USE OF 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security 
shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National 
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under 
which the National Academies conduct a study on the at-
mospheric effects of nuclear explosions. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An evaluation of the non-fallout atmospheric 
effects of likely and plausible scenarios for nuclear 
war, ranging from relatively small, regional ex-
changes to large exchanges associated with nuclear 
war between major powers. 
(2) An examination of the effects evaluated under 
paragraph (1) by— 
(A) the yield, type, and number of nuclear 
weapons; 
(B) the types and locations of targets; 
(C) the time distribution of the explosions; 
(D) the atmospheric conditions; and 
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(E) other factors that may have a signifi-
cant impact on the effects. 
(3) An assessment of current models of nuclear 
explosions, including with respect to— 
(A) the fires such explosions may cause; 
(B) the atmospheric transport of the gases 
from such explosions; 
(C) the radioactive material from such ex-
plosions; and 
(D) the soot and other debris from such ex-
plosions and fires, the atmospheric effects of such 
soot and debris, and the consequences of such ef-
fects, including the consequences relating to ex-
treme weather, air pollution, stratospheric ozone, 
agriculture, and marine and terrestrial eco-
systems. 
(4) Identification of the capabilities and limita-
tions of the models described in paragraph (3) for as-
sessing the impacts of nuclear war, including— 
(A) an evaluation of the relevant uncertain-
ties; 
(B) a highlight of the key data gaps; and 
(C) recommendations for how such models 
can be improved to inform decision making. 
(c) REPORT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Na-
tional Academies shall submit to the Administrator 
for National Security and the congressional defense 
committees a report on the study under subsection 
(a). 
(2) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(d) INFORMATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide to the National Academies the information of the 
Department of Defense necessary for the National Acad-
emies to conduct the study under subsection (a), including 
information relating to relevant scenarios described in sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 3118. REPORTS ON DIVERSITY OF CERTAIN CON-
TRACTOR 
EMPLOYEES 
OF 
NATIONAL 
NU-
CLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than December 31, 
2020, and each year thereafter through 2022, the Adminis-
trator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the diversity of contractor 
employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 
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(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Subject to subsection (c), 
each report under subsection (a) shall include, for each cov-
ered element of the Administration, the following: 
(1) With respect to the fiscal year covered by the 
report and the previous fiscal year, demographic data 
of— 
(A) the contractor employees of the covered 
element; 
(B) the contractor employees hired at the 
covered element during each such year; and 
(C) the contractor employees of the covered 
element who voluntarily separated during each 
such year. 
(2) A breakdown of the data under paragraph 
(1) by each position in the common occupational clas-
sification system. 
(3) A description of the plan to increase diver-
sity at the covered element, and how such plan re-
sponds to any trends identified with respect to the 
data under paragraph (1). 
(4) An identification of the official of the covered 
element responsible for implementing such plan and 
a description of how the person determines whether 
the covered element is meeting the goals of the plan. 
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(5) A description of the training resources relat-
ing to diversity, equality, and inclusion are available 
to contractor employees of the covered element with 
hiring authority, and an identification of how many 
such contractor employees have been trained. 
(c) DATA.—The Administrator shall carry out this sec-
tion using data that is— 
(1) otherwise available to the Administrator and 
to the management and operating contractors of the 
nuclear security enterprise; and 
(2) collected in accordance with applicable regu-
lations of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission, regulations of the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor, 
and applicable provisions of Federal law on privacy. 
(d) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator shall make 
publicly available on the internet website of the Department 
of Energy each report under subsection (a), subject to the 
regulations and Federal law specified in subsection (c)(2). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘contractor employee’’ means an 
employee of a management and operating contractor 
of the nuclear security enterprise. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered element’’ means each na-
tional security laboratory and nuclear weapons pro-
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duction facility (as such terms are defined in section 
3281 of the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion Act (50 U.S.C. 2471)). 
(3) The term ‘‘nuclear security enterprise’’ has 
the meaning that term in section 3281 of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 
2471)). 
SEC. 3119. FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND APOLOGY RELATING 
TO FALLOUT EMITTED DURING THE GOVERN-
MENT’S ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTS. 
Section 2(a)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Compensa-
tion Act (Public Law 101–426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, including individuals in New Mex-
ico, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Wyoming, Or-
egon, Washington, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nevada, 
Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘tests ex-
posed individuals’’. 
SEC. 3120. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING URANIUM 
MINING AND NUCLEAR TESTING. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States should 
compensate and recognize all of the miners, workers, 
downwinders, and others suffering from the effects of ura-
nium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the 
Cold War. 
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TITLE 
XXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2021, $28,836,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Energy $13,006,000 for fiscal 
year 2021 for the purpose of carrying out activities under 
chapter 869 of title 10, United States Code, relating to the 
naval petroleum reserves. 
(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended. 
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TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 
MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Maritime 
Administration 
SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF THE MARITIME ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2021 AUTHORIZATION.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Trans-
portation for fiscal year 2021, to be available without fiscal 
year limitation if so provided in appropriations Acts, for 
programs associated with maintaining the United States 
merchant marine, the following amounts: 
(1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 
United 
States 
Merchant 
Marine 
Academy, 
$81,944,000, of which— 
(A) $76,444,000 shall be for Academy oper-
ations; and 
(B) $5,500,000 shall remain available until 
expended for capital asset management at the 
Academy. 
(2) For expenses necessary to support the State 
maritime academies, $37,700,000, of which— 
(A) $2,400,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021, for the Student Incentive 
Program; and 
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(B) $30,500,000 shall remain available 
until expended for maintenance and repair of 
State maritime academy training vessels. 
(3) For expenses necessary to support the Na-
tional 
Security 
Multi-Mission 
Vessel 
Program, 
$388,815,000, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
(4) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 
Administration 
operations 
and 
programs, 
$55,853,000. 
(5) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels in 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $4,200,000, which 
shall remain available until expended. 
(6) For expenses necessary to maintain and pre-
serve a United States flag merchant marine to serve 
the national security needs of the United States under 
chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, 
$494,008,000. 
(7) For expenses necessary for the loan guarantee 
program authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, 
United States Code, $33,000,000, of which— 
(A) $30,000,000 may be used for the cost 
(as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5))) of 
loan guarantees under the program; and 
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(B) $3,000,000 may be used for administra-
tive expenses relating to loan guarantee commit-
ments under the program. 
(8) For expenses necessary to provide small ship-
yards and maritime communities grants under sec-
tion 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$20,000,000. 
(b) AMOUNT OF FISCAL YEAR 2021 CONTRACTOR PAY-
MENTS
UNDER
OPERATING
AGREEMENTS.—Section 
53106(a)(1)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘$5,233,463’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,233,463’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 53111(2) of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘$314,007,780’’ and inserting ‘‘$494,008,000’’. 
SEC. 3502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ROLE OF DO-
MESTIC MARITIME INDUSTRY IN NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States domestic maritime indus-
try, with a fleet of nearly 40,000 vessels, supports 
nearly 650,000 American jobs and provides more 
than $150,000,000 in annual economic output. 
(2) The vessel innovations of the domestic trades 
that transformed worldwide maritime commerce in-
clude the development of container ships, self-unload-
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ing vessels, articulated tug-barges, trailer barges, 
chemical parcel tankers, railroad-on-barge carfloats, 
and river flotilla towing systems. 
(3) The domestic fleet is essential to national se-
curity is needed to crew United States Government- 
owned and other sealift vessels to protect the Nation. 
(4) The Department of Defense and the entire 
national security infrastructure of the United States 
benefits from a robust commercial shipyard and ship 
repair industry, which helps provide both economic 
and military sealift support. 
(5) The Department of Defense depends on the 
United States domestic trades’ fleet of container ships, 
roll-on/roll-off ships, product tankers, and other ves-
sels to assist with the flow of military cargoes during 
both peace time and war time. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) United States coastwise trade laws promote 
a strong domestic trade maritime industry, which 
supports the national security and economic vitality 
of the United States and the efficient operation of the 
United States transportation system; and 
(2) a strong commercial maritime industry 
makes the United States more secure. 
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SEC. 3503. NONAPPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENT RELAT-
ING TO MINIMUM NUMBER OF OPERATING 
DAYS FOR VESSELS OPERATING UNDER MSP 
OPERATING AGREEMENTS. 
Notwithstanding part 296 of title 46, Code of Federal 
Regulations, until December 31, 2020, or upon the written 
determination of the Secretary of Transportation until 
June 31, 2021, the operator of a vessel operating such vessel 
under an MSP Operating Agreement (as such term is de-
fined in section 296.2 of title 46, Code of Federal Regula-
tions)— 
(1) shall not be required to comply with any re-
quirement with respect to operating days (as such 
term is defined in such section) contained in such 
agreement; and 
(2) shall maintain such vessel in a state of oper-
ational readiness, including through the employment 
of the vessel’s crew complement, until the applicable 
date. 
SEC. 3504. IMPROVEMENTS TO PROCESS FOR WAIVING 
NAVIGATION AND VESSEL-INSPECTION LAWS. 
(a) IMPROVEMENTS TO WAIVER PROCESS.—Section 
501 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding ‘‘to address an 
immediate adverse effect on military operations’’ after 
‘‘national defense’’; 
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(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) DURATION OF WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B) and (C), a waiver issued under this 
subsection shall be for a period of not more than 
10 days. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER EXTENSION.—Upon the termi-
nation of the period of a waiver issued under 
this subsection, the head of an agency may ex-
tend the waiver for an additional period of not 
more than 10 days, if the Maritime Adminis-
trator makes the determinations referred to in 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) AGGREGATE
DURATION.—The aggre-
gate duration of the period of all waivers and ex-
tensions of waivers under this subsection with re-
spect to any one set of events shall not exceed 45 
days.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 
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(i) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (3)(A)’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR EXTEN-
SIONS.—For purposes of this paragraph, an ex-
tension requested or issued under paragraph 
(2)(B) shall be treated in the same manner as a 
waiver requested or issued under this section.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after 
the date of the conclusion of the voyage of a vessel 
that, during such voyage, operated under a waiver 
issued under this section, the owner or operator of the 
vessel shall submit to the Maritime Administrator a 
report that includes— 
‘‘(A) the name and flag of the vessel; 
‘‘(B) the dates of the voyage; 
‘‘(C) any relevant ports of call; and 
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‘‘(D) any other information the Maritime 
Administrator determines necessary. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 48 hours 
after receiving a report under paragraph (1), the 
Maritime Administrator shall publish such report on 
an appropriate website of the Department of Trans-
portation.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to waivers issued after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle B—Tanker Security Fleet 
SEC. 3511. TANKER SECURITY FLEET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part C of subtitle V of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 
531 the following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 532—TANKER SECURITY FLEET 
‘‘53201. Definitions. 
‘‘53202. Establishment of the Tanker Security Fleet. 
‘‘53203. Vessel standards. 
‘‘53204. Award of operating agreements. 
‘‘53205. Effectiveness of operating agreements. 
‘‘53206. Obligations and rights under operating agreements. 
‘‘53207. Payments. 
‘‘53208. National security requirements. 
‘‘53209. Regulatory relief. 
‘‘53210. Special rule regarding age of participating Fleet vessels. 
‘‘53211. Regulations. 
‘‘53212. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘53213. Acquisition of Fleet vessels. 
‘‘§ 53201. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
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‘‘(1) FOREIGN
COMMERCE.—The term ‘foreign 
commerce’ means— 
‘‘(A) commerce or trade between the United 
States, its territories or possessions, or the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and a foreign country; and 
‘‘(B) commerce or trade between foreign 
countries including trade between foreign ports 
in accordance with normal commercial bulk 
shipping practices in such a manner as will per-
mit vessels of the United States freely to compete 
with foreign-flag liquid bulk carrying vessels in 
their operation or in competing charters, subject 
to rules and regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary of Transportation pursuant to this chap-
ter or subtitle. 
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATING FLEET VESSEL.—The term 
‘participating Fleet vessel’ means any tank vessel cov-
ered by an operating agreement under this chapter on 
or after January 1, 2021. 
‘‘(3) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ includes cor-
porations, partnerships, and associations existing 
under, or authorized by, laws of the United States, or 
any State, territory, district, or possession thereof, or 
any foreign country. 
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‘‘(4) TANK VESSEL.—The term ‘tank vessel’ has 
the meaning that term has under section 2101. 
‘‘(5) UNITED STATES CITIZEN TRUST.—The term 
‘United States citizen trust’— 
‘‘(A) means a trust for which— 
‘‘(i) each of the trustees is a citizen of 
the United States; and 
‘‘(ii) the application for documentation 
of the vessel under chapter 121 includes an 
affidavit of each trustee stating that the 
trustee is not aware of any reason involving 
a beneficiary of the trust that is not a cit-
izen of the United States, or involving any 
other person who is not a citizen of the 
United States, as a result of which the bene-
ficiary or other person would hold more 
than 25 percent of the aggregate power to 
influence or limit the exercise of the author-
ity of the trustee with respect to matters in-
volving any ownership or operation of the 
vessel that may adversely affect the interests 
of the United States; 
‘‘(B) does not include a trust for which any 
person that is not a citizen of the United States 
has authority to direct, or participate in direct-
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ing, a trustee for a trust in matters involving 
any ownership or operation of the vessel that 
may adversely affect the interests of the United 
States or in removing a trustee without cause, 
either directly or indirectly through the control 
of another person, unless the trust instrument 
provides that persons who are not citizens of the 
United States may not hold more than 25 per-
cent of the aggregate authority to so direct or re-
move a trustee; and 
‘‘(C) may include a trust for which a per-
son who is not a citizen of the United States 
holds more than 25 percent of the beneficial in-
terest in the trust. 
‘‘§ 53202. Establishment of the Tanker Security Fleet 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish 
a fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, pri-
vately owned product tankers to meet national defense and 
other security requirements and maintain a United States 
presence in international commercial shipping. The fleet 
shall consist of privately owned vessels of the United States 
for which there are in effect operating agreements under this 
chapter, and shall be known as the ‘Tanker Security Fleet’ 
(hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the ‘Fleet’). 
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‘‘(ii) at the time an operating agree-
ment is entered into under this chapter, the 
vessel is eligible for documentation under 
chapter 121. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CITIZENSHIP
OF 
OWNERS, CHARTERERS, AND OPERATORS.— 
‘‘(1) VESSELS OWNED AND OPERATED BY SEC-
TION
50501
CITIZENS.—A vessel meets the require-
ments of this paragraph if, during the period of an 
operating agreement under this chapter that applies 
to the vessel, the vessel will be owned and operated by 
one or more persons that are citizens of the United 
States under section 50501. 
‘‘(2) VESSELS OWNED BY A SECTION 50501 CIT-
IZEN, OR UNITED STATES CITIZEN TRUST, AND CHAR-
TERED
TO
A
DOCUMENTATION
CITIZEN.—A vessel 
meets the requirements of this paragraph if— 
‘‘(A) during the period of an operating 
agreement under this chapter that applies to the 
vessel, the vessel will be— 
‘‘(i) owned by a person that is a cit-
izen of the United States under section 
50501 or that is a United States citizen 
trust; and 
‘‘(ii) demise chartered to a person— 
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