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‘‘(IV) conduct may have been by 
an individual’s supervisor, a super-
visor in another area, a co-worker, or 
another credentialed mariner; and 
‘‘(ii) is so severe or pervasive that a 
reasonable person would perceive, and the 
victim does perceive, the environment as 
hostile or offensive; 
‘‘(B) any use or condonation associated 
with first-hand or personal knowledge, by any 
individual in a supervisory or command posi-
tion, of any form of sexual behavior to control, 
influence, or affect the career, pay, benefits, enti-
tlements, or employment of a subordinate; and 
‘‘(C) any deliberate or repeated unwelcome 
verbal comment or gesture of a sexual nature by 
any fellow employee of the complainant.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report describing any changes the Commandant 
may propose to the definitions added by the amendments 
in subsection (a). 
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SEC. 502. CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER AS GROUNDS FOR DE-
NIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 75 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 7511. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial 
‘‘(a) SEXUAL ABUSE.—A license, certificate of registry, 
or merchant mariner’s document authorized to be issued 
under this part shall be denied to an individual who has 
been convicted of a sexual offense prohibited under chapter 
109A of title 18, except for subsection (b) of section 2244 
of title 18, or a substantially similar State, local, or Tribal 
offense. 
‘‘(b) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT.—A license, certifi-
cate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document authorized 
to be issued under this part may be denied to an individual 
who within 5 years before applying for the license, certifi-
cate, or document, has been convicted of a sexual offense 
prohibited under subsection (b) of section 2244 of title 18, 
or a substantially similar State, local, or Tribal offense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
75 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘7511. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial.’’. 
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SEC. 503. SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR SEXUAL ASSAULT AS 
GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION OR REVOCA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7704 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 7704a. Sexual harassment or sexual assault as 
grounds for suspension or revocation 
‘‘(a) SEXUAL HARASSMENT.—If it is shown at a hear-
ing under this chapter that a holder of a license, certificate 
of registry, or merchant mariner’s document issued under 
this part, within 5 years before the beginning of the suspen-
sion and revocation proceedings, is the subject of an official 
finding of sexual harassment, then the license, certificate 
of registry, or merchant mariner’s document may be sus-
pended or revoked. 
‘‘(b) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—If it is shown at a hearing 
under this chapter that a holder of a license, certificate of 
registry, or merchant mariner’s document issued under this 
part, within 10 years before the beginning of the suspension 
and revocation proceedings, is the subject of an official find-
ing of sexual assault, then the license, certificate of registry, 
or merchant mariner’s document shall be revoked. 
‘‘(c) OFFICIAL FINDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term ‘of-
ficial finding’ means— 
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