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SEC. 741. MEDICINE CHESTS.
Section 11102(a) of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after ‘‘75 gross tons’’ the following:
‘‘as measured under section 14502 of title 46, United
States Code, or an alternate tonnage measured under sec-
tion 14302 of that title as prescribed by the Secretary
under section 14104 of that title’’.
SEC. 742. LOGBOOK AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.
Section 11301(a)(2) of title 46, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after ‘‘100 gross tons’’ the follow-
ing: ‘‘as measured under section 14502 of title 46, United
States Code, or an alternate tonnage measured under sec-
tion 14302 of that title as prescribed by the Secretary
under section 14104 of that title’’.
SEC. 743. COASTWISE ENDORSEMENTS.
Section 12106(c)(1) of title 46, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘two hundred gross tons’’ and in-
serting ‘‘200 gross tons as measured under section 14502
of title 46, United States Code, or an alternate tonnage
measured under section 14302 of that title as prescribed
by the Secretary under section 14104 of that title’’.
SEC. 744. FISHERY ENDORSEMENTS.
Section 12108(c)(1) of title 46, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘two hundred gross tons’’ and in-
serting ‘‘200 gross tons as measured under section 14502
of title 46, United States Code, or an alternate tonnage
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measured under section 14302 of that title as prescribed
by the Secretary under section 14104 of that title’’.
SEC. 745. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.
Chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking the first section 12123; and
(2) in the table of sections at the beginning of
the chapter by striking the first item relating to sec-
tion 12123.
SEC. 746. REPEAL OF GREAT LAKES ENDORSEMENTS.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 12107 of title 46, United
States Code, is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The analysis at the beginning of chapter
121 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by
striking the item relating to section 12107.
(2) Section 12101(b)(3) of title 46, United
States Code, is repealed.
(3) Section 4370(a) of the Revised Statutes of
the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 316(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or 12107’’.
(4) Section 2793 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 111, 123) is
amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘coastwise, Great Lakes
endorsement’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for-
eign ports,’’ and inserting ‘‘registry endorse-
ment, engaged in foreign trade on the Great
Lakes or their tributary or connecting waters in
trade with Canada,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, as if from or to foreign
ports’’.
SEC. 747. CONVENTION TONNAGE FOR LICENSES, CERTIFI-
CATES, AND DOCUMENTS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE CONVENTION TONNAGE.—
Chapter 75 of title 46, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 7506. Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates,
and documents
‘‘Notwithstanding any provision of section 14302(c)
or 14305 of this title, the Secretary may—
‘‘(1) evaluate the service of an individual who is
applying for a license, a certificate of registry, or a
merchant mariner’s document by using the tonnage
as measured under chapter 143 of this title for the
vessels on which that service was acquired, and
‘‘(2) issue the license, certificate, or document
based on that service.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis to chap-
ter 75 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing a new item as follows:
‘‘7506. Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents.’’.
TITLE VIII—COAST GUARD
AUXILIARY AMENDMENTS
SEC. 801. ADMINISTRATION OF THE COAST GUARD AUXIL-
IARY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 821 of title 14, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 821. Administration of the Coast Guard Auxiliary
‘‘(a) The Coast Guard Auxiliary is a nonmilitary or-
ganization administered by the Commandant under the di-
rection of the Secretary. For command, control, and ad-
ministrative purposes, the Auxiliary shall include such or-
ganizational elements and units as are approved by the
Commandant, including but not limited to, a national
board and staff (to be known as the ‘Auxiliary head-
quarters unit’), districts, regions, divisions, flotillas, and
other organizational elements and units. The Auxiliary or-
ganization and its officers shall have such rights, privi-
leges, powers, and duties as may be granted to them by
the Commandant, consistent with this title and other ap-
plicable provisions of law. The Commandant may delegate
to officers of the Auxiliary the authority vested in the
Commandant by this section, in the manner and to the
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extent the Commandant considers necessary or appro-
priate for the functioning, organization, and internal ad-
ministration of the Auxiliary.
‘‘(b) Each organizational element or unit of the Coast
Guard Auxiliary organization (but excluding any corpora-
tion formed by an organizational element or unit of the
Auxiliary under subsection (c) of this section), shall, ex-
cept when acting outside the scope of section 822, at all
times be deemed to be an instrumentality of the United
States, for purposes of—
‘‘(1) chapter 26 of title 28 (popularly known as
the Federal Tort Claims Act);
‘‘(2) section 2733 of title 10 (popularly known
as the Military Claims Act);
‘‘(3) the Act of March 3, 1925 (46 App. U.S.C.
781–790; popularly known as the Public Vessels
Act);
‘‘(4) the Act of March 9, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C.
741–752; popularly known as the Suits in Admiralty
Act);
‘‘(5) the Act of June 19, 1948 (46 App. U.S.C.
740; popularly known as the Admiralty Extension
Act); and
‘‘(6) other matters related to noncontractual
civil liability.