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the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and
signs an agreement under section 51306(a) of title 46,
after October 17, 2006.
(c) SECTION 51306(f).—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 51306 of title 46,
United States Code, is further amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(f) SERVICE OBLIGATION PERFORMANCE REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to any otherwise ap-
plicable restrictions on disclosure in section 552a of
title 5, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating,
the Administrator of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration, and the Surgeon General
of the Public Health Service—
‘‘(A) shall report the status of obligated
service of an individual graduate of the Academy
upon request of the Secretary; and
‘‘(B) may, in their discretion, notify the
Secretary of any failure of the graduate to per-
form the graduate’s duties, either on active duty
or in the Ready Reserve component of their re-
spective service, or as a commissioned officer of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
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tration or the Public Health Service, respec-
tively.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—A report
or notice under paragraph (1) shall identify any
graduate determined to have failed to comply with
service obligation requirements and provide all re-
quired information as to why such graduate failed to
comply.
‘‘(3) CONSIDERED AS IN DEFAULT.—Upon re-
ceipt of such a report or notice, such graduate may
be considered to be in default of the graduate’s service
obligations by the Secretary, and subject to all rem-
edies the Secretary may have with respect to such a
default.’’.
(2) APPLICATION.—Section 51306(f) of title 46,
United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), does
not apply with respect to an agreement entered into
under section 51306(a) of title 46, United States
Code, before October 17, 2006.
(d) SECTION 51509(c).—Section 51509(c) of title 46,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘MIDSHIPMAN AND’’ in the sub-
section heading and ‘‘midshipman and’’ in the text;
and
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(2) inserting ‘‘or the Coast Guard Reserve’’ after
‘‘Reserve)’’.
(e) SECTION 51908(a).—Section 51908(a) of title 46,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under this
chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘by this chapter or the Secretary
of Transportation’’.
(f) SECTION 53105(e)(2).—Section 53105(e)(2) of title
46, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 2
of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. App. 802),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 50501 of this title’’.
(g) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Sec-
tions 3505, 3506, 3508, and 3510(a) and (b) of the John
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2007 (Public Law 109–364) are repealed.
SEC. 5208. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.
(a) DELETION OF OBSOLETE REFERENCE TO CANTON
ISLAND.—Section 55101(b) of title 46, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the
end of paragraph (2);
(2) by striking paragraph (3); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3).
(b) IMPROVEMENT OF HEADING.—Title 46, United
States Code, is amended as follows:
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(1) The heading of section 55110 is amended by
inserting 
‘‘valueless 
material 
or’’ 
before
‘‘dredged material’’.
(2) The item for section 55110 in the analysis
for chapter 551 is amended by inserting ‘‘valueless
material or’’ before ‘‘dredged material’’.
(c) OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS AND SAIL-
ING SCHOOL VESSELS.—
(1) Section 10101(3) of title 46, United States
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘on an oceanographic
research vessel’’ after ‘‘scientific personnel’’.
(2) Section 50503 of title 46, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘An oceanographic re-
search vessel’’ and all that follows and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘oceano-
graphic research vessel’ and ‘scientific personnel’ have the
meaning given those terms in section 2101 of this title.
‘‘(b) NOT SEAMEN.—Scientific personnel on an ocean-
ographic research vessel are deemed not to be seamen under
part G of subtitle II, section 30104, or chapter 303 of this
title.
‘‘(c) NOT ENGAGED IN TRADE OR COMMERCE.—An
oceanographic research vessel is deemed not to be engaged
in trade or commerce.’’.
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(3) Section 50504(b)(1) of title 46, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘parts B, F, and G of
subtitle II’’ and inserting ‘‘part B, F, or G of subtitle
II, section 30104, or chapter 303’’.
SEC. 5209. APPLICATION OF SUNSET PROVISION TO CODI-
FIED PROVISION.
For purposes of section 303 of the Jobs and Growth
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–
27, 26 U.S.C. 1 note), the amendment made by section
301(a)(2)(E) of that Act shall be deemed to have been made
to section 53511(f)(2) of title 46, United States Code.
SEC. 5210. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 46.—Title 46, United
States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) The analysis for chapter 21 is amended by
striking the item relating to section 2108.
(2) Section 12113(g) is amended by inserting
‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Conservation’’.
(3) Section 12131 is amended by striking
‘‘commmand’’ and inserting ‘‘command’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 109–304.—
(1) AMENDMENTS.—Public Law 109–304 is
amended as follows: