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(6) Facility operations and target production, 
$334,791,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2019 
by section 3102 and available as specified in the funding 
table in section 4701 for defense environmental cleanup for 
excess facilities is hereby reduced by $100,000,000. 
TITLE LXXXV—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 7501. INEFFECTIVENESS OF TITLE XXXV. 
Title XXXV shall have no force or effect. 
SEC. 7502. AUTHORIZATION OF THE MARITIME ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Trans-
portation for fiscal year 2019, to be available without fiscal 
year limitation if so provided in appropriations Acts, the 
following amounts for programs associated with maintain-
ing the United States merchant marine: 
(1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 
United 
States 
Merchant 
Marine 
Academy, 
$69,000,000 for Academy operations. 
(2) For expenses necessary to support the State 
maritime academies, $32,200,000, of which—
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(A) $2,400,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020, for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
(B) $6,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for direct payments to such academies; 
(C) $22,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for maintenance and repair of 
State maritime academy training vessels; and 
(D) $1,800,000 shall remain available until 
expended for training ship fuel assistance. 
(3) For expenses necessary to support the Na-
tional 
Security 
Multi-Mission 
Vessel 
Program, 
$300,000,000, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
(4) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 
Administration 
operations 
and 
programs, 
$60,442,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for port infrastructure develop-
ment under section 50302 of title 46, United States 
Code. 
(5) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels in 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $6,000,000, which 
shall remain available until expended. 
(6) For expenses necessary to maintain and pre-
serve a United States flag merchant marine to serve
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the national security needs of the United States under 
chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, 
$300,000,000. 
(7) For expenses necessary for the loan guarantee 
program authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, 
United States Code, $33,000,000, of which— 
(A) $30,000,000 may be used for the cost 
(as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5))) of 
loan guarantees under the program; and 
(B) $3,000,000 may be used for administra-
tive expenses relating to loan guarantee commit-
ments under the program. 
(b) CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM RE-
PORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives a report on the status of 
unexpended appropriations for capital asset management 
at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the 
plan for expending such appropriations.
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SEC. 7503. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. 
Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of 
Transportation may relinquish, at the Secretary’s discre-
tion, to the State of New York, such measure of legislative 
jurisdiction over the lands constituting the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy in King’s Point, New York, as 
is necessary to establish concurrent jurisdiction between the 
Federal Government and the State of New York. Such par-
tial relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction shall be ac-
complished— 
(1) by filing with the Governor of New York a 
notice of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance 
thereof; or 
(2) as the laws of that State may provide. 
SEC. 7504. UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY 
POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DATING VI-
OLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL AS-
SAULT, AND STALKING. 
(a) POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DATING VIO-
LENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND 
STALKING.—Section 51318 of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and 
prevention’’ after ‘‘awareness’’;
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(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C), and subparagraphs (C) 
through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (H), 
respectively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
following: 
‘‘(B) procedures for documenting, tracking, 
and maintaining the data required to conduct 
the annual assessments to determine the effective-
ness of the policies, procedures, and training 
program of the Academy with respect to sexual 
harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking involving cadets or 
other Academy personnel, as required by sub-
section (c);’’; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (C), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (B), the following: 
‘‘(D) procedures for investigating sexual 
harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking involving a cadet or 
other Academy personnel to determine whether 
disciplinary action is necessary;’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 
other Academy personnel’’ after ‘‘cadets at the Acad-
emy’’; and
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(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding sexual harassment,’’ after ‘‘sexual as-
saults, rapes, and other sexual offenses’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than Janu-
ary 15 of each year, the Secretary’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Superintendent of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy may implement 
the amendment to subsection (b)(2)(A) of section 51318 of 
title 46, United States Code, made by subsection (a)(2), by 
updating an existing plan issued pursuant to the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 
Law 115–91). 
SEC. 
7505. 
REPORT 
ON 
IMPLEMENTATION 
OF 
REC-
OMMENDATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES 
MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY SEXUAL AS-
SAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PRO-
GRAM. 
Not later than April 1, 2019, the Maritime Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report de-
scribing the progress of the Maritime Administration in im-
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plementing and closing each of the recommendations made 
in the Office of Inspector General’s Report issued March 
28, 2018 (ST–2018–039) identifying gaps in the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy’s Sexual Assault Preven-
tion and Response Program. 
SEC. 7506. REPORT ON THE APPLICATION OF THE UNIFORM 
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE TO THE UNITED 
STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator 
shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
on the impediments to the application of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Maritime Administrator 
may, in preparing the report under subsection (a), consult 
with the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, and 
non-Federal entities, as appropriate.
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SEC. 7507. ELECTRONIC RECORDS ON MARINER AVAIL-
ABILITY 
TO 
MEET 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
NEEDS. 
Section 7502 of title 46, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) The Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary 
of Transportation to ensure that, to the extent feasible, elec-
tronic records provide information on mariner availability 
and respective credentials to meet national security needs 
for credentialed mariners crewing strategic sealift vessels.’’. 
SEC. 7508. SMALL SHIPYARD GRANTS. 
Section 54101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) TIMING OF GRANT NOTICE.—The Adminis-
trator shall post a Notice of Funding Opportunity re-
garding grants awarded under this section not more 
than 15 days after the date of enactment of the appro-
priations Act for the fiscal year concerned.’’; and
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(3) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (3)’’. 
SEC. 7509. DOMESTIC SHIP RECYCLING FACILITIES. 
Section 3502 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106– 
398; 54 U.S.C. 308704 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) 
as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) SCRAPPING OF IMPORTED VESSELS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, domestic ship scrapping facilities se-
lected by the Secretary of Transportation in accord-
ance with subsection (b) may import into the United 
States, for the purpose of dismantling, marine vessels 
that contain regulated levels of polychlorinated 
biphenyls that are integral to a vessel’s structure, 
equipment, or systems necessary for its operation. 
‘‘(2) NO
TSCA
PRIOR
AUTHORIZATION
RE-
QUIRED.—In lieu of rulemaking by the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 
6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 
2605(e)), imports of vessels containing regulated levels
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of polychlorinated biphenyls shall be subject to prior 
notification and consent in accordance with this sub-
section. 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) CONTENTS.—An importer of 1 or more 
vessels containing regulated levels of poly-
chlorinated biphenyls shall submit a notification 
to the Environmental Protection Agency not less 
than 75 days before a vessel is imported into the 
United States under this subsection. The import 
notification may cover up to one year of ship-
ments of vessels containing regulated levels of 
polychlorinated biphenyls being sent to the same 
ship scrapping facility, and shall contain, at a 
minimum, the following items: 
‘‘(i) The name, contact name, address, 
telephone number, email address, and EPA 
Identification Number (if applicable) of the 
ship scrapping facility and the recognized 
trader, if the ship scrapping facility is not 
the importer. 
‘‘(ii) The name, contact name, address, 
telephone number, email address, and EPA 
Identification Number (if applicable) of 
each 
facility 
where 
polychlorinated
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biphenyls or hazardous materials contained 
on a vessel will be stored and disposed of, 
including any polychlorinated biphenyls 
storage or disposal facility approved under 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 
2601 et seq.). 
‘‘(iii) The types of polychlorinated 
biphenyls 
or 
polychlorinated 
biphenyls 
items expected to be removed from the ves-
sels. 
‘‘(iv) The number of vessels proposed 
for import and maximum tonnage. 
‘‘(v) The period of time covered by the 
import notice (not to exceed one year) and 
the start and end dates of shipment. 
‘‘(B) FORM.—Each notice under this para-
graph shall be clearly marked ‘PCB Waste Im-
port Notice’ and shall be submitted to the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency in such form and 
manner as the Environmental Protection Agency 
may require. 
‘‘(C) REVISED
NOTIFICATION.—If an im-
porter wishes to change any of the information 
specified on the original notification, the im-
porter must submit a revised notification, con-
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taining notification of the changes, to the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(4) CONSENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An importer shall not 
import vessels containing regulated levels of pol-
ychlorinated biphenyls until the importer has re-
ceived consent from the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(B) TERMS.—Importers shall only import 
vessels under the terms of the consent issued by 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency under this paragraph and subject to 
the condition that the facility shall establish a 
valid written contract, chain of contracts, or 
equivalent arrangements with other United 
States facilities, where applicable, to manage the 
polychlorinated biphenyls and hazardous waste 
expected to be removed from the vessel or vessels. 
‘‘(5) REPORT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC-
TION AGENCY.—Any ship scrapping facility author-
ized by this subsection to import vessels containing 
regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls shall file 
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, not later than April 1 of each year, a
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report providing, for each vessel imported in accord-
ance with this subsection, the following information: 
‘‘(A) The vessel name and approximated 
tonnage. 
‘‘(B) Registration number and flag of the 
vessel. 
‘‘(C) The date of import. 
‘‘(D) The types, quantities, and final des-
tination of all polychlorinated biphenyls and 
hazardous waste removed. 
‘‘(E) The EPA-issued consent number under 
which the vessel was imported. 
‘‘(6) APPLICABLE LAWS.—Once a vessel has been 
imported pursuant to this subsection, the manufac-
turing, processing, distribution in commerce, use, and 
disposal of any polychlorinated biphenyls and haz-
ardous waste contained on the vessel shall be carried 
out in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and 
local laws and regulations. 
‘‘(7) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency may promulgate addi-
tional standards or procedures for the import of ships 
that contain regulated levels of polychlorinated 
biphenyls and hazardous waste, for the purpose of re-
cycling, under this subsection, if—
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‘‘(A) the benefits of such additional stand-
ards or procedures exceed the costs of those stand-
ards or procedures; 
‘‘(B) not later than 180 days prior to pro-
mulgating such additional standards or proce-
dures, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency submits a report to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives demonstrating compliance 
with subparagraph (A) and the reasons such 
standards or procedures are necessary; and 
‘‘(C) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency receives the concur-
rence of the Maritime Administrator on any 
such additional standards or procedures.’’. 
SEC. 7510. SEA YEAR ON CONTRACTED VESSELS. 
Section 51307 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’;
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(2) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), by strik-
ing ‘‘owned or subsidized by’’ and inserting ‘‘owned, 
subsidized by, or contracted with’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM VESSELS.—The 
Secretary shall require an operator of a vessel participating 
in the Maritime Security Program under chapter 531 of 
this title to carry on each Maritime Security Program ves-
sel 2 United States Merchant Marine Academy cadets, if 
available, on each voyage. 
‘‘(c) MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND VESSELS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Commander of the Military Sealift 
Command shall require an operator of a vessel in the 
United States Navy’s Military Sealift Command to 
carry on each such vessel 2 United States Merchant 
Marine Academy cadets, if available, on each voyage, 
if the vessel— 
‘‘(A) is flagged in the United States; and 
‘‘(B) is rated at 10,000 gross tons or higher. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Commander of the Military 
Sealift Command may waive the requirement under 
paragraph (1) at any time if the Commander deter-
mines that carrying a cadet from the United States
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Merchant Marine Academy would place an undue 
burden on the vessel or the operator of the vessel. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF OPERATOR.—In this section, the 
term ‘operator’ includes a government operator and a non- 
government operator. 
‘‘(e) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may 
be construed as affecting— 
‘‘(1) the discretion of the Secretary to determine 
whether to place a United States Merchant Marine 
Academy cadet on a vessel; 
‘‘(2) the authority of the Coast Guard regarding 
a vessel security plan approved under section 70103; 
or 
‘‘(3) the discretion of the master of the vessel to 
ensure the safety of all crew members.’’. 
SEC. 7511. GAO REPORT ON NATIONAL MARITIME STRAT-
EGY. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
complete a study and submit to the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives, a report on— 
(1) the key challenges, if any, to ensuring that 
the United States marine transportation system and
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merchant marine are sufficient to support United 
States economic and defense needs, as articulated by 
the Maritime Administration, the Committee on the 
Marine Transportation System, and other stake-
holders; 
(2) the extent to which a national maritime 
strategy incorporates desirable characteristics of suc-
cessful national strategies as identified by the Comp-
troller General, and any key obstacles (as identified 
by stakeholders) to successfully implementing such 
strategies; and 
(3) the extent to which Federal efforts to establish 
national maritime strategy are duplicative or frag-
mented, and if so, the impact on United States mari-
time policy for the future. 
SEC. 7512. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INSPECTOR 
GENERAL REPORT ON TITLE XI PROGRAM. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Department of Transportation Office of In-
spector General shall— 
(1) initiate an audit of the financial controls 
and protections included in the policies and proce-
dures of the Department of Transportation for ap-
proving loan applications for the loan guarantee pro-
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gram authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, United 
States Code; and 
(2) submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report containing the results of that 
audit once the audit is completed. 
SEC. 7513. MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS. 
Nothing in section 3505 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) 
may be construed to prohibit the Maritime Administration 
from entering into a multi-year contract for the procure-
ment of up to 5 new vessels within the National Security 
Multi-Mission Vessel Program and associated government– 
furnished equipment, subject to the availability of appro-
priations. 
SEC. 7514. USE OF STATE MARITIME ACADEMY TRAINING 
VESSELS. 
Section 51504(g) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) VESSEL CAPACITY SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, the Secretary, act-
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ing through the Maritime Administrator, shall upon 
consultation with the maritime academies, and to the 
extent feasible with the consent of the maritime acad-
emies, implement a program of training vessel capac-
ity sharing, requiring maritime academies to share 
training vessel capacity provided by the Secretary 
among maritime academies, as necessary to ensure 
that training needs of each academy are met. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM OF VESSEL CAPACITY SHARING.— 
For purposes of this subsection, a program of vessel 
capacity sharing shall include— 
‘‘(A) ways to maximize the available under-
way training capacity available in the fleet of 
training vessels; 
‘‘(B) coordinating the dates and duration of 
training cruises with the academic calendars of 
maritime academies; 
‘‘(C) coordinating academic programs de-
signed to be implemented aboard training vessels 
among maritime academies; and 
‘‘(D) identifying ways to minimize costs. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Not later than 30 days after 
the beginning of each fiscal year, the Secretary, acting 
through the Maritime Administrator, shall evaluate 
the vessel capacity sharing program under this sub-
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section to determine the optimal utilization of State 
maritime training vessels, and modify the program as 
necessary to improve utilization.’’. 
SEC. 7515. PERMANENT AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 
TRANSPORTATION TO ISSUE VESSEL WAR 
RISK INSURANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 53912 of title 46, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 539 of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 53912. 
SEC. 7516. NAVIGATION SYSTEM STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY OF THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a comprehensive 
study of the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Seaway 
navigation system (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Great Lakes System’’) that examines the current 
state of the system and makes recommendations for 
improvements. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study— 
(A) shall examine, with respect to the Great 
Lakes System— 
(i) typical cargo routing options;
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(ii) the cost profile of each route and 
alternative routes; 
(iii) port infrastructure quality; 
(iv) intermodal connections; 
(v) competing transportation options, 
including air, rail, and ground transpor-
tation and their relative market position; 
(vi) taxes and fees imposed on vessels; 
(vii) marketing efforts to increase ship-
ments; 
(viii) subsidies provided to the Great 
Lakes System and to competing cargo 
transportation systems; 
(ix) the condition of the docks at each 
port; 
(x) United States and Canadian Gov-
ernment icebreaking capabilities to facili-
tate commercial shipping; 
(xi) the maritime safety and marine 
casualty statistics for commercial vessels 
transiting the Great Lakes System; and 
(xii) the condition of vessel navigation 
infrastructure (such as channels, locks, jet-
ties, and breakwaters) and efforts to main-
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tain, upgrade, or replace that infrastruc-
ture; and 
(B) shall make recommendations on— 
(i) the level of additional investment 
needed to improve the Great Lakes System; 
(ii) any benefits of increased Federal 
or State investment in the Great Lakes Sys-
tem; and 
(iii) any regulatory or competitive 
burdens impeding growth of the Great Lakes 
System. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the 
Co-Chairs of the Great Lakes Task Force of the Senate and 
of the House of Representatives a report containing the re-
sults of the study conducted under this section. 
SEC. 7517. MISCELLANEOUS. 
(a) NONCOMMERCIAL VESSELS.—Section 3514(a) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 46 U.S.C. 51318 note) is 
amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and adjust-
ing the margins accordingly; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) NONCOMMERCIAL VESSELS.—For the pur-
poses of this section, vessels operated by any of the fol-
lowing entities shall not be considered commercial 
vessels: 
‘‘(A) Any entity or agency of the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) The government of a State or terri-
tory. 
‘‘(C) Any political subdivision of a State or 
territory. 
‘‘(D) Any other municipal organization.’’. 
(b) PASSENGER RECORDS.—Section 51322(c) of title 
46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT TRAINING 
RECORDS.—The Maritime Administrator shall require the 
owner or operator of a commercial vessel, or the seafarer 
union for a commercial vessel, to maintain records of sexual
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assault training for any person required to have such train-
ing.’’. 
(c) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINIS-
TRATION.—Section 3134 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINIS-
TRATION.—The Secretary of Commerce may waive this sub-
chapter with respect to contracts for the construction, alter-
ation, or repair of vessels, regardless of the terms of the con-
tracts as to payment or title, when the contract is made 
under the Act entitled ‘An Act to define the functions and 
duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other pur-
poses’, approved August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.).’’. 
(d) ANNUAL PAYMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE AND SUP-
PORT.—Section 51505(b)(2) of title 46 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM.—The amount under paragraph 
(1) may not be more than $25,000, unless the acad-
emy satisfies section 51506(b) of this title.’’. 
SEC. 7518. SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST LAND EXCHANGE. 
(a) PURPOSE AND NEED FOR NORTHMET LAND EX-
CHANGE.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section 
to further the public interest by consummating the
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NorthMet Land Exchange as specifically set forth in 
this section. 
(2) NEED.—According to the Final Record of 
Decision, the NorthMet Land Exchange is advisable 
and needed because the NorthMet Land Exchange 
will— 
(A) result in a 40-acre net gain in National 
Forest System lands; 
(B) improve the spatial arrangement of Na-
tional Forest System lands by reducing the 
amount of ownership boundaries to be managed 
by 33 miles; 
(C) improve management effectiveness by 
exchanging isolated Federal lands with no public 
overland access for non-Federal lands that will 
have public overland access and be accessible and 
open to public use and enjoyment; 
(D) result in Federal cost savings by elimi-
nating certain easements and their associated 
administration costs; 
(E) meet several of the priorities identified 
in the land and resource management plan for 
Superior National Forest to protect and manage 
administratively or congressionally designated, 
unique, proposed, or recommended areas, includ-