SEC. 415. ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL 
CLASSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ANALYSIS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of 
the Coast Guard shall notify the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate on the status of the implementation 
of the survey and classification requirements referred to 
in section 4503 of title 46, United States Code. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The analysis required under sub-
section (a) shall include information on— 
(1) the average costs to vessel owners to comply 
with such section; and 
(2) the impact such section is having on com-
mercial fishing vessel safety. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 501. REPEAL. 
Subsection (h) of section 888 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 468) is repealed. 
SEC. 502. REIMBURSEMENTS FOR NON-FEDERAL CON-
STRUCTION COSTS OF CERTAIN AIDS TO 
NAVIGATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
amounts specifically provided in advance in subsequent ap-
propriations Acts and in accordance with this section, the 
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Commandant of the Coast Guard may reimburse a non- 
Federal entity for costs incurred by the entity for a cov-
ered project. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—The Commandant may not pro-
vide reimbursement under subsection (a) with respect to 
a covered project unless— 
(1) the need for the project is a result of the 
completion of construction with respect to a federally 
authorized navigation channel; 
(2) the Commandant determines, through an 
appropriate navigation safety analysis, that the 
project is necessary to ensure safe marine transpor-
tation; 
(3) the Commandant approves the design of the 
project to ensure that it meets all applicable Coast 
Guard aids-to-navigation standards and require-
ments; 
(4) the non-Federal entity agrees to transfer 
the project upon completion to the Coast Guard for 
operation and maintenance by the Coast Guard as a 
Federal aid to navigation; 
(5) the non–Federal entity carries out the 
project in accordance with the same laws and regula-
tions that would apply to the Coast Guard if the 
Coast Guard carried out the project, including ob-
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taining all permits required for the project under 
Federal and State law; and 
(6) the Commandant determines that the 
project satisfies such additional requirements as may 
be established by the Commandant. 
(c) 
LIMITATIONS.—Reimbursements 
under 
sub-
section (a) may not exceed the following: 
(1) For a single covered project, $5,000,000. 
(2) For all covered projects in a single fiscal 
year, $5,000,000. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—The authority granted under this 
section shall expire on the date that is 4 years after the 
date of enactment of this section. 
(e) COVERED PROJECT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered project’’ means a project carried out 
by a non-Federal entity to construct and establish an aid 
to navigation that facilitates safe and efficient marine 
transportation on a Federal navigation project authorized 
by title I of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–114). 
SEC. 503. CORRECTIONS TO PROVISIONS ENACTED BY 
COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACTS. 
Section 604(b) of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and 
Maritime Authorization Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
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281; 128 Stat. 3061) is amended by inserting ‘‘and fishery 
endorsement’’ after ‘‘endorsement’’. 
SEC. 504. SHIP SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE TRANSFER: REPEAL. 
Effective January 1, 2021, section 27 of the Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–241; 
105 Stat. 2218) is repealed. 
SEC. 505. COAST GUARD MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating shall seek to enter 
into an arrangement with the National Academy of 
Sciences not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act under which the Academy shall prepare 
an assessment of available unmanned, autonomous, or re-
motely controlled maritime domain awareness technologies 
for use by the Coast Guard. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.—The assessment shall— 
(1) describe the potential limitations of current 
and emerging unmanned technologies used in the 
maritime domain for— 
(A) ocean observation; 
(B) vessel monitoring and identification; 
(C) weather observation; 
(D) to the extent practicable for consider-
ation by the Academy, intelligence gathering, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance; and 
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(E) communications; 
(2) examine how technologies described in para-
graph (1) can help prioritize Federal investment by 
examining; 
(A) affordability, including acquisition, op-
erations, and maintenance; 
(B) reliability; 
(C) versatility; 
(D) efficiency; and 
(E) estimated service life and persistence 
of effort; and 
(3) analyze whether the use of new and emerg-
ing maritime domain awareness technologies can be 
used to— 
(A) carry out Coast Guard missions at 
lower costs; 
(B) expand the scope and range of Coast 
Guard maritime domain awareness; 
(C) allow the Coast Guard to more effi-
ciently and effectively allocate Coast Guard ves-
sels, aircraft, and personnel; and 
(D) identify adjustments that would be 
necessary in Coast Guard policies, procedures, 
and protocols to incorporate unmanned tech-
nologies to enhance efficiency. 
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(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after entering into an agreement with the Secretary under 
subsection (a), National Academy of Science shall submit 
the assessment prepared under this section to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
(d) USE
OF INFORMATION.—In formulating costs 
pursuant to subsection (b), the National Academy of 
Sciences may utilize information from other Coast Guard 
reports, assessments, or analyses regarding existing Coast 
Guard manpower requirements or other reports, assess-
ments, or analyses for the acquisition of unmanned, auton-
omous, or remotely controlled technologies by the Federal 
Government. 
SEC. 506. TOWING SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FEES. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall— 
(1) review and compare the costs to the Govern-
ment of— 
(A) towing vessel inspections performed by 
the Coast Guard; and 
(B) such inspections performed by a third 
party; and 
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(2) based on such review and comparison, de-
termine whether the costs to the Government of 
such inspections performed by a third party are dif-
ferent than the costs to the Government of such in-
spections performed by the Coast Guard. 
(b) REVISION OF FEES.—If the Commandant deter-
mines under subsection (a) that the costs to the Govern-
ment of such inspections performed by a third party are 
different than the costs to the Government of such inspec-
tions performed by the Coast Guard, then the Com-
mandant shall revise the fee assessed by the Coast Guard 
for such inspections as necessary to conform to the re-
quirements under section 9701 of title 31, United States 
Code, that such fee be based on the cost to the Govern-
ment of such inspections and accurately reflect such costs. 
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