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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3202 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to require the Maritime Adminis-
trator, in making determinations regarding the non-availability of quali-
fied United States flag capacity to meet national defense requirements, 
to identify any actions that could be taken to enable such capacity 
to meet some or all of those requirements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 14, 2011 
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. LANDRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
KING of New York, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. RAHALL, and Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to require the Mari-
time Administrator, in making determinations regarding 
the non-availability of qualified United States flag capac-
ity to meet national defense requirements, to identify 
any actions that could be taken to enable such capacity 
to meet some or all of those requirements, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Mariners 
Job Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF ACTIONS TO ENABLE QUALI-
FIED UNITED STATES FLAG CAPACITY TO 
MEET NATIONAL DEFENSE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF ACTIONS.—Section 501(b) of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘When the head’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The Administrator of the Maritime Administra-
tion shall— 
‘‘(A) in each determination referred to in para-
graph (1), identify any actions that could be taken 
to enable qualified United States flag capacity to 
meet national defense requirements; 
‘‘(B) provide each such determination to the 
Secretary of Transportation and the head of the 
agency referred to in paragraph (1) for which the 
determination is made; and 
‘‘(C) publish each such determination on the 
Internet site of the Department of Transportation 
within 48 hours after it is provided to the Secretary 
of Transportation. 
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‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary of Transportation, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations, Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations 
and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen-
ate— 
‘‘(i) of any request for a waiver of the naviga-
tion or vessel-inspection laws under this section not 
later than 48 hours after receiving the request; and 
‘‘(ii) of the issuance of any waiver of compli-
ance of such a law not later than 48 hours after 
such issuance. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall include in each notification 
under subparagraph (A)(ii) an explanation of— 
‘‘(i) the reasons the waiver is necessary; and 
‘‘(ii) the reasons actions referred to in subpara-
graph (A) are not feasible.’’. 
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