administered by the Coast Guard, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coast Guard and Mari-
time Transportation Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
Sec. 201. Extension of Coast Guard vessel anchorage and movement authority. 
Sec. 202. International training and technical assistance. 
Sec. 203. Officer promotion. 
Sec. 204. Coast Guard band director. 
Sec. 205. Authority for one-step turnkey design-build contracting. 
Sec. 206. Reserve recall authority. 
Sec. 207. Reserve officer distribution. 
Sec. 208. Expansion of use of auxiliary equipment to support coast guard mis-
sions. 
Sec. 209. Coast Guard history fellowships. 
TITLE III—SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION 
Sec. 301. Treatment of ferries as passenger vessels. 
Sec. 302. Great Lakes pilotage annual ratemaking. 
Sec. 303. Certification of vessel nationality in drug smuggling cases. 
Sec. 304. LNG Tankers. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 401. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 402. Authorization of junior reserve officers training program pilot program. 
Sec. 403. Transfer. 
Sec. 404. Long-range vessel tracking system. 
Sec. 405. Report. 
Sec. 406. Training of cadets at United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
Sec. 407. Marine casualty investigations study. 
Sec. 408. Conveyance of decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW.
Sec. 409. Deepwater implementation report. 
Sec. 410. Helicopters. 
Sec. 411. Reports from mortgagees of vessels. 
Sec. 412. Newtown Creek, New York City, New York. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2006 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows: 
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard, $5,586,400,000, of which $24,500,000 is 
authorized to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. 
(2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and off-
shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equip-
ment related thereto, $1,903,821,000, of which— 
(A) $20,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollu-
tion Act of 1990), to remain available until ex-
pended; 
(B) $1,316,300,000 is authorized for acqui-
sition and construction of shore and offshore fa-
cilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equip-
ment related thereto, and other activities that
constitute the Integrated Deepwater Systems; 
and 
(C) 
$284,369,000 
is 
authorized 
for 
sustainment of legacy vessels and aircraft, in-
cluding equipment related thereto, and other ac-
tivities that constitute the Integrated Deepwater 
Systems. 
(3) To the Commandant of the Coast Guard for 
research, development, test, and evaluation of tech-
nologies, materials, and human factors directly relat-
ing to improving the performance of the Coast 
Guard’s mission in search and rescue, aids to naviga-
tion, marine safety, marine environmental protection, 
enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, 
oceanographic 
research, 
and 
defense 
readiness, 
$24,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of sec-
tion 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. 
(4) For retired pay (including the payment of 
obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropria-
tions for this purpose), payments under the Retired 
Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefit 
Plans, and payments for medical care of retired per-
sonnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title
10, United States Code, $1,014,080,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
(5) For alteration or removal of bridges over 
navigable waters of the United States constituting ob-
structions to navigation, and for personnel and ad-
ministrative costs associated with the Bridge Alter-
ation Program, $35,900,000. 
(6) For environmental compliance and restora-
tion at Coast Guard facilities (other than parts and 
equipment associated with operation and mainte-
nance), $12,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
(7) For the Coast Guard Reserve program, in-
cluding personnel and training costs, equipment, and 
services, $119,000,000. 
SEC. 102. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH 
AND TRAINING. 
(a) ACTIVE DUTY STRENGTH.—The Coast Guard is 
authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel 
of 45,500 for the years ending on September 30, 2005, and 
September 30, 2006. 
(b) MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—The Coast 
Guard is authorized average military training student 
loads as follows:
(1) For recruit and special training for fiscal 
year 2006, 2,500 student years. 
(2) For flight training for fiscal year 2006, 125 
student years. 
(3) For professional training in military and ci-
vilian institutions for fiscal year 2006, 350 student 
years. 
(4) For officer acquisition for fiscal year 2006, 
1,200 student years. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF COAST GUARD VESSEL ANCHOR-
AGE AND MOVEMENT AUTHORITY. 
Section 91 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) As used in this section ‘navigable waters of the 
United States’ includes all waters of the territorial sea of 
the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 
No. 5928 of December 27, 1988.’’. 
SEC. 202. INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 149 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows:
‘‘§ 149. Assistance to foreign governments and mari-
time authorities’’; 
(2) by inserting before the existing undesignated 
text the following new subsection designation and 
heading: ‘‘(a) DETAIL OF MEMBERS TO ASSIST FOR-
EIGN GOVERNMENTS.—’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN MARITIME 
AUTHORITIES.—The Commandant, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, may, in conjunction with regular 
Coast Guard operations, provide technical assistance, in-
cluding law enforcement and maritime safety and security 
training, to foreign navies, coast guards, and other mari-
time authorities.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item related to such 
section in the analysis at the beginning of chapter 7 of title 
14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘149. Assistance to foreign governments and maritime authorities.’’. 
SEC. 203. OFFICER PROMOTION. 
Section 257 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) The Secretary may waive subsection (a) of this 
section to the extent necessary to allow officers described 
therein to have at least two opportunities for consideration