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United States port on a voyage (or voyage segment) on 
which a United States citizen is a passenger unless there 
is at least 1 crew member onboard who is certified as hav-
ing successfully completed training in the prevention, de-
tection, evidence preservation, and reporting of criminal 
activities in the international maritime environment on 
passenger vessels under subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) INTERIM TRAINING REQUIREMENT.—No vessel 
to which this section applies may enter a United States 
port on a voyage (or voyage segment) on which a United 
States citizen is a passenger unless there is at least 1 crew 
member onboard who has been properly trained in the pre-
vention, detection, evidence preservation and the reporting 
requirements of criminal activities in the international 
maritime environment. The owner of such a vessel shall 
maintain certification or other documentation, as pre-
scribed by the Secretary, verifying the training of such in-
dividual and provide such documentation upon request for 
inspection in connection with enforcement of the provi-
sions of this section. This subsection shall take effect 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Safe-
ty and Security Act of 2009 and shall remain in effect 
until superseded by the requirements of subsection (c). 
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‘‘(e) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any person that violates this 
section or a regulation under this section shall be liable 
for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000. 
‘‘(f) DENIAL OF ENTRY.—The Secretary may deny 
entry into the United States to a vessel to which this sec-
tion applies if the owner of the vessel— 
‘‘(1) commits an act or omission for which a 
penalty may be imposed under subsection (e); or 
‘‘(2) fails to pay a penalty imposed on the 
owner under subsection (e).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘3507. Passenger vessel security and safety requirements. 
‘‘3508. Crime scene preservation training for passenger vessel crew members.’’. 
SEC. 904. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE SECURITY NEEDS OF 
PASSENGER VESSELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 3 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department 
in which the United States Coast Guard is operating shall 
conduct a study of the security needs of passenger vessels 
depending on number of passengers on the vessels, and 
report to the Congress findings of the study and rec-
ommendations for improving security on those vessels. 
(b) REPORT CONTENTS.—In recommending appro-
priate security on those vessels, the report shall take into 
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account typical crew member shifts, working conditions of 
crew members, and length of voyages. 
TITLE X—UNITED STATES 
MARINER PROTECTION 
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States Mariner 
and Vessel Protection Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 1002. USE FORCE AGAINST PIRACY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 81 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 8107. Use of force against piracy 
‘‘An owner, operator, time charterer, master, or mar-
iner who uses force, or authorizes the use of force, to de-
fend a vessel of the United States against an act of piracy 
shall not be liable for any injury or death caused by such 
force to any person participating in the act of piracy.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis at the be-
ginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘8107. Use of force against piracy.’’. 
SEC. 1003. AGREEMENTS. 
To carry out the purpose of this title, the Secretary 
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 
shall work through the International Maritime Organiza-
tion to establish agreements to promote coordinated action 
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among flag- and port-states to deter, protect against, and 
rapidly respond to acts of piracy against the vessels of, 
and in the waters under the jurisdiction of, those nations, 
and to ensure limitations on liability similar to those es-
tablished by section 8107 of title 46, United States Code, 
as amended by this title. 
TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1101. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR GAL-
LANT LADY. 
Section 1120(c) of the Coast Guard Authorization 
Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3977) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘of Transportation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) 
the 
vessel 
GALLANT 
LADY 
(Feadship hull number 672, approximately 168 
feet in length).’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and re-
designating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3); and 
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(3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) by 
striking all after ‘‘shall expire’’ and inserting ‘‘on 
the date of the sale of the vessel by the owner.’’. 
SEC. 1102. WAIVERS. 
Notwithstanding section 12112 and chapter 551 of 
title 46, United States Code, the Secretary of the depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue 
a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorse-
ment for the following vessels: 
(1) 
OCEAN 
VERITAS 
(IMO 
Number 
7366805). 
(2) MAYA (United States official number 
11073). 
(3) ZIPPER (State of New York regulation 
number NY3205EB). 
(4) GULF DIVER IV (United States official 
number 553457). 
(5) M/V GEYSIR (United States official num-
ber 622178). 
SEC. 1103. GREAT LAKES MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 
Section 605 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Trans-
portation Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 1052) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Trans-
portation shall conduct a study that’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘The Institute shall conduct maritime 
transportation studies of the Great Lakes re-
gion, including studies that’’; 
(B) in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (E), 
(F), (H), (I), and (J) by striking ‘‘evaluates’’ 
and inserting ‘‘evaluate’’; 
(C) in subparagraphs (D) and (G) by 
striking ‘‘analyzes’’ and inserting ‘‘analyze’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (I); 
(E) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (J) and inserting a semicolon; 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) identify ways to improve the integra-
tion of the Great Lakes marine transportation 
system into the national transportation system; 
‘‘(L) examine the potential of expanded op-
erations on the Great Lakes marine transpor-
tation system; 
‘‘(M) identify ways to include intelligent 
transportation applications into the Great 
Lakes marine transportation system; 
‘‘(N) analyze the effects and impacts of 
aging infrastructure and port corrosion on the 
Great Lakes marine transportation system; 
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‘‘(O) establish and maintain a model Great 
Lakes marine transportation system database; 
and 
‘‘(P) identify market opportunities for, and 
impediments to, the use of United States-flag 
vessels in trade with Canada on the Great 
Lakes.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b)(4) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) $2,400,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(B) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(C) $2,600,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 
‘‘(D) $2,700,000 for fiscal year 2013.’’. 
SEC. 1104. CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD BOAT HOUSE, 
NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS. 
(a) STATION BRANT POINT BOAT HOUSE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the de-
partment in which the Coast Guard is operating 
shall convey to the town of Nantucket, Massachu-
setts, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the buildings known as the Station 
Brant Point Boat House located at Coast Guard 
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Station Brant Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts, for 
use for a public purpose. 
(2) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.—A conveyance of 
the building under paragraph (1) shall be made— 
(A) without the payment of consideration; 
and 
(B) subject to appropriate terms and con-
ditions the Secretary considers necessary. 
(3) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—All right, title, 
and interest in property conveyed under this sub-
section shall revert to the United States if any por-
tion of the property is used other than for a public 
purpose. 
(b) LEASE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the de-
partment in which the Coast Guard is operating 
shall enter into a lease with the town of Nantucket 
that authorizes the town of Nantucket to occupy the 
land on which the buildings conveyed under sub-
section (a) are located, subject to appropriate terms 
and conditions the Secretary considers necessary. 
(2) LEASE
TERM.—A lease under this sub-
section shall not expire before January 31, 2033. 
(3) TERMINATION OF LEASE.—If the Secretary 
determines that the property leased under paragraph 
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(1) is necessary for purposes of the Coast Guard, 
the Secretary— 
(A) may terminate the lease without pay-
ment of compensation; and 
(B) shall provide the town of Nantucket 
not less than 12 months notice of the require-
ment to vacate the site and move the buildings 
conveyed under subsection (a) to another loca-
tion. 
SEC. 1105. CREW WAGES ON PASSENGER VESSELS. 
(a) FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES.— 
(1) 
CAP
ON
PENALTY
WAGES.—Section 
10313(g) of title 46, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Subject to paragraph (2), when’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The total amount required to be paid under 
paragraph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen on a passenger vessel capable of carrying 
more than 500 passengers for wages under this section 
against a vessel master, owner, or operator or the em-
ployer of the seamen shall not exceed ten times the unpaid 
wages that are the subject of the claims. 
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‘‘(3) A class action suit for wages under this sub-
section must be commenced within three years after the 
later of— 
‘‘(A) the date of the end of the last voyage for 
which the wages are claimed; or 
‘‘(B) the receipt, by a seaman who is a claimant 
in the suit, of a payment of wages that are the sub-
ject of the suit that is made in the ordinary course 
of employment.’’. 
(2) DEPOSITS.—Section 10315 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) DEPOSITS IN SEAMAN ACCOUNT.—By written 
request signed by the seaman, a seaman employed on a 
passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 pas-
sengers may authorize the master, owner, or operator of 
the vessel, or the employer of the seaman, to make depos-
its of wages of the seaman into a checking, savings, invest-
ment, or retirement account, or other account to secure 
a payroll or debit card for the seaman if— 
‘‘(1) the wages designated by the seaman for 
such deposit are deposited in a United States or 
international financial institution designated by the 
seaman; 
‘‘(2) such deposits in the financial institution 
are fully guaranteed under commonly accepted inter-
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national standards by the government of the country 
in which the financial institution is licensed; 
‘‘(3) a written wage statement or pay stub, in-
cluding an accounting of any direct deposit, is deliv-
ered to the seaman no less often than monthly; and 
‘‘(4) while on board the vessel on which the sea-
man is employed, the seaman is able to arrange for 
withdrawal of all funds on deposit in the account in 
which the wages are deposited.’’. 
(b) COASTWISE VOYAGES.— 
(1) 
CAP
ON
PENALTY
WAGES.—Section 
10504(c) of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Subject to subsection (d), and except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), when’’; and 
(B) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The total amount required to be paid under 
paragraph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen on a passenger vessel capable of carrying 
more than 500 passengers for wages under this section 
against a vessel master, owner, or operator or the em-
ployer of the seamen shall not exceed ten times the unpaid 
wages that are the subject of the claims. 
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