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(D) for any covered facility that was pre-
viously issued a letter of nonapplicability in a 
prior year, any changes in the information de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C). 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate regulations that specify the documentary and 
other requirements for the issuance of an exemption under 
the amendment made by this section. 
(d) EXISTING EXEMPTIONS.— 
(1) 
EFFECT
OF
AMENDMENTS; 
TERMI-
NATION.—Each exemption under section 30(c)(2) of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1356(c)(2)) issued before the date of the enactment 
of this Act— 
(A) shall not be affected by the amend-
ments made by this section during the 120-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act; and 
(B) shall not be effective after such period. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
OF
HOLDERS.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall notify all persons that hold 
such an exemption that it will expire as provided in 
paragraph (1).
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(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 81 of the title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘8108. Exemptions from manning and crew requirements.’’. 
TITLE VI—SEXUAL ASSAULT AND 
SEXUAL HARASSMENT PRE-
VENTION AND RESPONSE 
SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2101 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (45) through 
(54) as paragraphs (47) through (56), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (44) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(45) ‘sexual assault’ means any form of abuse 
or contact as defined in chapter 109A of title 18, or 
a substantially similar State, local, or Tribal offense. 
‘‘(46) ‘sexual harassment’ means— 
‘‘(A) conduct that— 
‘‘(i) involves unwelcome sexual ad-
vances, requests for sexual favors, or delib-
erate or repeated offensive comments or 
gestures of a sexual nature if any— 
‘‘(I) submission to such conduct 
is made either explicitly or implicitly a
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term or condition of employment, pay, 
career, benefits, or entitlements of the 
individual; 
‘‘(II) submission to, or rejection, 
of such conduct by an individual is 
used as a basis for decisions affecting 
that individual’s job, pay, career, ben-
efits, or entitlements; 
‘‘(III) such conduct has the pur-
pose or effect of unreasonably inter-
fering with an individual’s work per-
formance or creates an intimidating, 
hostile, or offensive work environment; 
or 
‘‘(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-
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tion, of any form of sexual behavior to control, 
influence, or affect the career, pay, benefits, en-
titlements, 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). 
SEC. 602. CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER AS GROUNDS FOR 
DENIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 75 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 7511. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial 
‘‘(a) SEXUAL ABUSE.—A license, certificate of reg-
istry, 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 sec-
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tion 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 author-
ized to be issued under this part may be denied to an indi-
vidual who within 5 years before applying for the license, 
certificate, 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 chap-
ter 75 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘7511. Convicted sex offender as grounds for denial.’’. 
SEC. 603. 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 
hearing under this chapter that a holder of a license, cer-
tificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document 
issued under this part, within 5 years before the beginning