‘‘(H) NOTIFICATION
OF
SECRETARY
OF 
STATE.—The Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating shall notify 
the Secretary of State of each exemption issued 
under this subsection, including information on 
the effective period of the exemption.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating shall promul-
gate regulations that specify the application requirements 
and process and other requirements for an exemption 
under subsection (c)(2)(A) of section 30 of the Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356) (as amended 
by subsection (a)). 
(c) EXISTING EXEMPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 120-day period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, each 
exemption granted under section 30(c)(2) of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1356(c)(2)) (as in effect on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act) before the date of enact-
ment of this Act— 
(A) shall remain in effect; and 
(B) shall not be affected by the amend-
ments made by subsection (a). 
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(2) TERMINATION.—On the day after the last 
day of the period described in paragraph (1), each 
exemption described in such paragraph shall termi-
nate. 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating shall notify all persons that hold an ex-
emption described in paragraph (1) that the exemp-
tion will terminate in accordance with paragraph 
(2). 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to Con-
gress a report that describes the number of exemp-
tions granted under subsection (c)(2)(A) of section 
30 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1356) during the preceding year. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each report under para-
graph (1) shall list for each vessel, rig, platform, or 
other vehicle or structure granted an exemption dur-
ing the preceding year— 
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(A) the name and International Maritime 
Organization number of the vessel, rig, plat-
form, or other vehicle or structure; 
(B) the flag of the vessel, rig, platform, or 
other vehicle or structure; 
(C) the nationality of the 1 or more owners 
of the vessel, rig, platform, or other vehicle or 
structure; and 
(D) any changes to the information de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C) appli-
cable to the vessel, rig, platform, or other vehi-
cle or structure if the vessel, rig, platform, or 
other vehicle or structure has received a prior 
exemption under subsection (c)(2)(A) of section 
30 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1356) or section 30(c)(2) of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1356(c)(2)) (as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of this Act). 
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