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(2) REPORT REQUIRED.—The President shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees, at the same time that the 
budget for fiscal year 2008 is submitted under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, a report on the study conducted 
by the Secretary of Energy under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 3124. TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATED TO AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006. 
Effective as of January 6, 2006, and as if included therein 
as enacted, section 3101(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3537) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$9,196,456’’ and inserting ‘‘$9,196,456,000’’. 
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR 
FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
Sec. 3201. Authorization.
SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2007, 
$22,260,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 
TITLE XXXIII—NATIONAL DEFENSE 
STOCKPILE
Sec. 3301. Authorized uses of National Defense Stockpile funds. 
Sec. 3302. Revisions to required receipt objectives for previously authorized dis-
posals from National Defense Stockpile.
SEC. 3301. AUTHORIZED USES OF NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 
FUNDS. 
(a) OBLIGATION OF STOCKPILE FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2007, 
the National Defense Stockpile Manager may obligate up to 
$52,132,000 of the funds in the National Defense Stockpile Trans-
action Fund established under subsection (a) of section 9 of the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h) 
for the authorized uses of such funds under subsection (b)(2) of 
such section, including the disposal of hazardous materials that 
are environmentally sensitive. 
(b) ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—The National Defense Stockpile 
Manager may obligate amounts in excess of the amount specified 
in subsection (a) if the National Defense Stockpile Manager notifies 
Congress that extraordinary or emergency conditions necessitate 
the additional obligations. The National Defense Stockpile Manager 
may make the additional obligations described in the notification 
after the end of the 45-day period beginning on the date on which 
Congress receives the notification. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—The authorities provided by this section shall 
be subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriations 
Acts.
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SEC. 3302. REVISIONS TO REQUIRED RECEIPT OBJECTIVES FOR PRE-
VIOUSLY 
AUTHORIZED 
DISPOSALS 
FROM 
NATIONAL 
DEFENSE STOCKPILE. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 1999 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Section 3303(a) 
of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 50 U.S.C. 98d note), as 
amended by section 3302 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
Authorization Act for Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 
2193) and section 3302 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3545), is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (5); and 
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) $1,016,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2014.’’. 
(b) FISCAL YEAR 1998 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Section 3305(a)(5) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
(Public Law 105–85; 50 U.S.C. 98d note), as amended by section 
3305 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1390), is amended by striking 
‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
(c) FISCAL YEAR 1997 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Section 3303 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public 
Law 104–201; 50 U.S.C. 98d note), as amended by section 3402(f) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Year 2000 (Public 
Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 973) and section 3304(c) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 
1390), is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) $720,000,000 during the 12-fiscal year period ending 
September 30, 2008.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘the 10-fiscal year 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘the period’’. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM 
RESERVES
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of Energy $18,810,000 for fiscal year 2007 for 
the purpose of carrying out activities under chapter 641 of title 
10, United States Code, relating to the naval petroleum reserves. 
(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) shall remain 
available until expended. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2007. 
Sec. 3502. Amendments relating to the Maritime Security Fleet program.
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Sec. 3503. Applicability to certain Maritime Administration vessels of limitations 
on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of vessels in foreign shipyards. 
Sec. 3504. Vessel transfer authority. 
Sec. 3505. United States Merchant Marine Academy graduates: service require-
ments. 
Sec. 3506. United States Merchant Marine Academy graduates: service obligation 
performance reporting requirement. 
Sec. 3507. Temporary authority to transfer obsolete combatant vessels to Navy for 
disposal. 
Sec. 3508. Qualifying Reserve duty for receipt of student incentive payments. 
Sec. 3509. Large passenger ship crew requirements. 
Sec. 3510. Miscellaneous Maritime Administration provisions.
SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2007. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2007, to be available without fiscal year limitation if so provided 
in appropriations Acts, for the use of the Department of Transpor-
tation for the Maritime Administration as follows: 
(1) For expenses necessary for operations and training 
activities, $116,442,000. 
(2) For paying reimbursement under section 3517 of the 
Maritime Security Act of 2003 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note), 
$19,500,000. 
(3) For assistance to small shipyards and maritime commu-
nities under section 3506 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (46 U.S.C. App. 1249), $15,000,000. 
(4) For expenses to dispose of obsolete vessels in the 
National Defense Reserve Fleet, including provision of assist-
ance under section 7 of Public Law 92–402, $25,740,000. 
(5) For administrative expenses related to the implementa-
tion of the loan guarantee program under title XI of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1271 et seq.), adminis-
trative expenses related implementation of the reimbursement 
program under section 3517 of the Maritime Security Act of 
2003 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note), and administrative expenses 
related to the implementation of the small shipyards and mari-
time communities assistance program under section 3506 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(46 U.S.C. App. 1249), $3,317,000. 
SEC. 3502. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE MARITIME SECURITY 
FLEET PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF OPERATING AGREEMENTS.—
Section 53105(e) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ before the first sen-
tence; 
(2) by moving paragraph (1) (as designated by the amend-
ment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection) so as to appear 
immediately below the heading for such subsection, and 2 ems 
to the right; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Defense may not 
approve under paragraph (1) transfer of an operating agreement 
to a person that is not a citizen of the United States under 
section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. App. 802), 
unless the Secretary of Defense determines that there is no 
person who is a citizen under such section and is interested
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in obtaining the operating agreement for a vessel that is other-
wise eligible to be included in the Fleet under section 53102(b) 
and meets the requirements of the Department of Defense.’’. 
(b) MARITIME SECURITY FLEET PROGRAM TANK VESSELS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 53103(c)(4) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i) by striking ‘‘(i)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(i)(I)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A) by redesignating clause (ii) 
as subclause (II) of clause (i); 
(C) in subparagraph (A)(i)(II), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘53102(b).’’ and inserting ‘‘53102(b); or’’; 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A)(i)(II), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(ii)(I) not later than 9 months after the first date 
amounts are available to carry out this chapter, the oper-
ator of the existing tank vessel enters into an agreement 
to charter one or more tank vessels to be built in the 
United States and operated as a documented vessel or 
documented vessels; 
‘‘(II) the combined tonnage of the vessels required to 
be chartered under subclause (I) is equal to or greater 
than the tonnage of the existing tank vessel subject to 
an operating agreement; 
‘‘(III) the operator enters into an agreement with the 
Secretary that is substantially the same as an Emergency 
Preparedness Agreement under section 53107 of this title, 
under which the operator shall make available commercial 
transportation resources as provided in that section; 
‘‘(IV) if the person that is the owner or operator of 
the existing tank vessel owns or operates more than one 
existing tank vessel subject to an operating agreement, 
the combined tonnage of those vessels required to be char-
tered under subclause (I) by that person is equal to or 
greater than the combined tonnage of all such existing 
tank vessels owned or operated by such person that are 
subject to operating agreements.’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘with respect 
to which a binding contract is entered into under subpara-
graph (A)(i)’’ after ‘‘existing tank vessel’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) For purpose of subparagraph (A)(ii), tonnage shall 
be measured under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate 
tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title as prescribed 
by the Secretary under section 14104 of this title. 
‘‘(D) No payment under this chapter may be made for 
an existing tank vessel with respect to which an agreement 
is entered into under subparagraph (A)(ii) for any period occur-
ring—
‘‘(i) after the date that is 5 years after the first date 
that amounts became available to carry out this chapter, 
if the vessel or vessels required to be chartered under 
subparagraph (A)(ii) have not been delivered; or 
‘‘(ii) after delivery of the vessel or vessels required 
to be chartered under such subparagraph, if any of such 
vessels is not chartered by the operator of the existing 
tank vessel.’’.
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(2) 
ASSISTANCE
AUTHORITY.—Section 
3543(a) 
of 
the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (46 
U.S.C. 53101 note) is amended by striking ‘‘shall, to the extent 
of the availability of appropriations,’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’. 
(c) PRIORITY
IN ALLOCATION
OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE
FOR 
ANNUAL PAYMENTS.—Section 53106 of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PRIORITY IN ALLOCATION OF AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—If the 
amount available for a fiscal year for making payments under 
operating agreements under this chapter is not sufficient to pay 
the full amount authorized under each agreement pursuant to 
this section for such fiscal year, the amount available shall be 
allocated among such agreements in a manner that gives priority 
to payments for vessels that are subject to agreements under section 
3517 of the Maritime Security Act of 2003 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note).’’. 
SEC. 3503. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
VESSELS OF LIMITATIONS ON OVERHAUL, REPAIR, AND 
MAINTENANCE OF VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS. 
Section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 1744) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS ON OVERHAUL, REPAIR, AND 
MAINTENANCE IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION OF LIMITATION.—The provisions of section 
7310 of title 10, United States Code, shall apply to vessels 
specified in subsection (b), and to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation with respect to those vessels, in the same manner as 
those provisions apply to vessels specified in subsection (b) 
of such section, and to the Secretary of the Navy, respectively. 
‘‘(2) COVERED VESSELS.—Vessels specified in this paragraph 
are vessels maintained by the Secretary of Transportation in 
support of the Department of Defense, including any vessel 
assigned by the Secretary of Transportation to the Ready 
Reserve Force that is owned by the United States.’’. 
SEC. 3504. VESSEL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
The Secretary of Transportation may transfer or otherwise 
make available without reimbursement to any other department 
a vessel under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, 
upon request by the Secretary of the department that receives 
the vessel. 
SEC. 3505. UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY GRADUATES: 
SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ALTERNATE SERVICE.—Section 1303(e) of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1295b(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(6)(A) An individual who for the 5-year period following 
graduation from the Academy, serves as a commissioned officer 
on active duty in an armed force of the United States or as a 
commissioned officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration or the Public Health Service shall be excused from 
the requirements of subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may modify or waive any of the terms 
and conditions set forth in paragraph (1) through the imposition 
of alternative service requirements.’’.
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(b) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (6) of section 1303(e) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1295b(e)), as added by 
this section, applies only to an individual who enrolls as a cadet 
at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and signs an 
agreement under paragraph (1) of that section, after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3506. UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY GRADUATES: 
SERVICE 
OBLIGATION 
PERFORMANCE 
REPORTING 
REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1303(e) of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1295b(e)) is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(7)(A) Subject to any otherwise applicable restrictions on disclo-
sure in section 552a of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary 
of Defense, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating, the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, and the Surgeon General of the 
Public Health Service—
‘‘(i) shall report the status of obligated service of an indi-
vidual graduate of the Academy upon request of the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(ii) may, in their discretion, notify the Secretary of any 
failure of the graduate to perform the graduate’s duties, either 
on active duty or in the Ready Reserve component of their 
respective service, or as a commissioned officer of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Public Health 
Service, respectively. 
‘‘(B) A report or notice under subparagraph (A) shall identify 
any graduate determined to have failed to comply with service 
obligation requirements and provide all required information as 
to why such graduate failed to comply. 
‘‘(C) Upon receipt of such a report or notice, such graduate 
may be considered to be in default of the graduate’s service obliga-
tions by the Secretary, and subject to all remedies the Secretary 
may have with respect to such a default.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by this section does 
not apply with respect to an agreement entered into under section 
1303(e) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1295b(e)) 
before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 
3507. 
TEMPORARY 
AUTHORITY 
TO 
TRANSFER 
OBSOLETE 
COMBATANT VESSELS TO NAVY FOR DISPOSAL. 
The Secretary of Transportation shall, subject to the availability 
of appropriations and consistent with section 1535 of title 31, United 
States Code, popularly known as the Economy Act, transfer to 
the Secretary of the Navy during fiscal year 2007 for disposal 
by the Navy, no fewer than 3 combatant vessels in the nonretention 
fleet of the Maritime Administration that are acceptable to the 
Secretary of the Navy. 
SEC. 3508. QUALIFYING RESERVE DUTY FOR RECEIPT OF STUDENT 
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS. 
Section 1304(g)(2) of title XIII of the Merchant Marine Act, 
1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1295c(g)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) Each agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall 
require the individual to accept enlisted reserve status in the United 
States Naval Reserve (including the Merchant Marine Reserve,
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United States Naval Reserve) or the United States Coast Guard 
Reserve before receiving any student incentive payments under 
this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3509. LARGE PASSENGER SHIP CREW REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 8103 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) CREW REQUIREMENTS FOR LARGE PASSENGER VESSELS.—
‘‘(1) CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY.—Each unlicensed sea-
man on a large passenger vessel shall be—
‘‘(A) a citizen of the United States; 
‘‘(B) an alien lawfully admitted to the United States 
for permanent residence; 
‘‘(C) an alien allowed to be employed in the United 
States under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101 et seq.), including an alien crewman described in 
section 
101(a)(15)(D)(i) 
of 
that 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(D)(i)), who meets the requirements of para-
graph (3)(A) of this subsection; or 
‘‘(D) a foreign national who is enrolled in the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy. 
‘‘(2) PERCENTAGE LIMITATION FOR ALIEN SEAMEN.—Not more 
than 25 percent of the unlicensed seamen on a vessel described 
in paragraph (1) of this subsection may be aliens referred 
to in subparagraph (B) or (C) of that paragraph. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN UNLICENSED SEAMEN.—
‘‘(A) 
QUALIFICATIONS.—An 
unlicensed 
seaman 
described in paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection—
‘‘(i) shall have been employed, for a period of not 
less than 1 year, on a passenger vessel under the 
same common ownership or control as the vessel 
described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, as cer-
tified by the owner or managing operator of such vessel 
to the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) shall have no record of material disciplinary 
actions during such employment, as verified in writing 
by the owner or managing operator of such vessel 
to the Secretary; 
‘‘(iii) shall have successfully completed a United 
States Government security check of the relevant 
domestic and international databases, as appropriate, 
or any other national security-related information or 
database; 
‘‘(iv) 
shall 
have 
successfully 
undergone 
an 
employer background check—
‘‘(I) for which the owner or managing operator 
provides a signed report to the Secretary that 
describes the background checks undertaken that 
are reasonably and legally available to the owner 
or managing operator including personnel file 
information obtained from such seaman and from 
databases available to the public with respect to 
the seaman; 
‘‘(II) that consisted of a search of all informa-
tion reasonably available to the owner or managing 
operator in the seaman’s country of citizenship
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and any other country in which the seaman 
receives employment referrals, or resides; 
‘‘(III) that is kept on the vessel and available 
for inspection by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(IV) the information derived from which is 
made available to the Secretary upon request; and 
‘‘(v) may not be a citizen or temporary or perma-
nent resident of a country designated by the United 
States as a sponsor of terrorism or any other country 
that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State and the heads of other appropriate United 
States agencies, determines to be a security threat 
to the United States. 
‘‘(B) RESTRICTIONS.—An unlicensed seaman described 
in paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection—
‘‘(i) may be employed only in the steward’s depart-
ment of the vessel; and 
‘‘(ii) may not perform watchstanding, automated 
engine room duty watch, or vessel navigation functions. 
‘‘(C) STATUS, DOCUMENTATION, AND EMPLOYMENT.—An 
unlicensed seaman described in subparagraph (C) or (D) 
of paragraph (1) of this subsection—
‘‘(i) is deemed to meet the nationality requirements 
necessary to qualify for a merchant mariners document 
notwithstanding the requirements of part 12 of title 
46, Code of Federal Regulations; 
‘‘(ii) is deemed to meet the proof-of-identity require-
ments necessary to qualify for a merchant mariners 
document, as prescribed under regulations promul-
gated by the Secretary, if the seaman possesses—
‘‘(I) an unexpired passport issued by the 
government of the country of which the seaman 
is a citizen or subject; and 
‘‘(II) an unexpired visa issued to the seaman, 
as described in paragraph (1)(C); 
‘‘(iii) shall, if eligible, be issued a merchant mari-
ners 
document 
with 
an 
appropriate 
annotation 
reflecting the restrictions of subparagraph (B) of this 
paragraph; and 
‘‘(iv) may be employed for a period of service on 
board not to exceed 36 months in the aggregate as 
a 
nonimmigrant 
crewman 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15)(D)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(D)(i)) on vessels engaged in 
domestic 
voyages 
notwithstanding 
the 
departure 
requirements and time limitations of such section and 
the regulations and rules promulgated thereunder. 
‘‘(4) MERCHANT MARINER’S DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS NOT 
AFFECTED.—This subsection shall not be construed to affect 
any requirement under Federal law that an individual must 
hold a merchant mariner’s document. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) STEWARD’S
DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘steward’s 
department’ means the department that includes entertain-
ment personnel and all service personnel, including wait 
staff, housekeeping staff, and galley workers, as defined
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in the vessel security plan approved by the Secretary pursu-
ant to section 70103(c) of this title. 
‘‘(B) LARGE PASSENGER VESSEL.—The term ‘large pas-
senger vessel’ means a vessel of more than 70,000 gross 
tons, as measured under section 14302 of this title, with 
capacity for at least 2,000 passengers and documented 
with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 of this 
title.’’. 
SEC. 3510. MISCELLANEOUS MARITIME ADMINISTRATION PROVISIONS. 
(a) TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING WAR RISK INSURANCE 
FOR MERCHANT MARINE VESSELS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1208(a) of the Merchant Marine 
Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1288(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Upon the request of the Secretary 
of Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury may invest 
or reinvest all or any part of the fund in securities of 
the United States or in securities guaranteed as to principal 
and interest by the United States.’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘to the credit of such fund.’’ 
the following: ‘‘Payments of return premiums, losses, settle-
ments, judgments, and all liabilities incurred by the United 
States under this title shall be made from such fund 
through the Fiscal Service of the Department of the 
Treasury.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph 
(1) shall be effective as if enacted by section 3502 of the Ronald 
W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2005 (118 Stat. 2195). 
(b) RIGHT TO USE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION DECORATION.—
Section 8 of the Merchant Marine Decorations and Medals Act 
(46 U.S.C. App. 2007) is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Secretary 
of Transportation,’’ after ‘‘Act,’’. 
(c) INTERMODAL CENTERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 5309(m)(6)(B) of 
title 49, United States Code, half of the amounts appropriated 
or made available under subsections (b) and (c) of section 5338 
of title 49, United States Code, for capital projects under section 
5309(m)(6)(B) of that title for fiscal years 2006 through 2009 
shall be made available and used, in accordance with section 
9008(a) of Public Law 109–59, for an intermodal or marine 
facility comprising a component of the Hawaii Port Infrastruc-
ture Expansion Program. 
(2) SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDING.—Any amount made available 
under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to any amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under subsections (b) and (c) of section 
9008 of Public Law 109–59. 
(d) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—
(1) CORRECTION.—Section 3509 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (119 Stat. 3557) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Maritime Education and Training Act 
of 1980’’ and inserting ‘‘Merchant Marine Act, 1936’’.
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(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall be effective 
immediately after section 3509 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (119 Stat. 3557) takes 
effect.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.