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SEC. 3522. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 537 BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 
109–163. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Title 46, United States Code, is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Section 53701 is amended by— 
(A) redesignating paragraphs (2) through (13) as para-
graphs (3) through (14), respectively; 
(B) inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Administrator’ means the 
Administrator of the Maritime Administration.’’; and 
(C) striking paragraph (13) (as redesignated) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(13) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Sec-
retary of Commerce with respect to fishing vessels and fishery 
facilities.’’. 
(2) Section 53706(c) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) PRIORITIES FOR CERTAIN VESSELS.— 
‘‘(1) VESSELS.—In guaranteeing or making a commitment 
to guarantee an obligation under this chapter, the Adminis-
trator shall give priority to— 
‘‘(A) a vessel that is otherwise eligible for a guarantee 
and is constructed with assistance under subtitle D of 
the Maritime Security Act of 2003 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note); 
and 
‘‘(B) after applying subparagraph (A), a vessel that 
is otherwise eligible for a guarantee and that the Secretary 
of Defense determines— 
‘‘(i) is suitable for service as a naval auxiliary 
in time of war or national emergency; and 
‘‘(ii) meets a shortfall in sealift capacity or capa-
bility. 
‘‘(2) TIME FOR DETERMINATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall determine whether a vessel satisfies paragraph (1)(B) 
not later than 30 days after receipt of a request from the 
Administrator for such a determination.’’. 
(3) Section 53707 is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or Administrator’’ in subsections (a) 
and (d) after ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it appears; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ in sub-
section (b) and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘of Commerce’’ in subsection (c); and 
(D) in subsection (d)(2), by— 
(i) inserting ‘‘if the Secretary or Administrator con-
siders necessary,’’ before ‘‘the waiver’’; and 
(ii) striking ‘‘the increased’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
significant increase in’’. 
(4) Section 53708 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION’’ in 
the heading of subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘ADMINIS-
TRATOR’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and ‘‘Secretary of Transpor-
tation’’ each place they appear in subsection (a) and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘OF COMMERCE’’ in the heading of sub-
section (b); 
(D) by striking ‘‘of Commerce’’ in subsections (b) and 
(c);
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(E) in subsection (d), by— 
(i) inserting ‘‘or Administrator’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’ 
the first place it appears; and 
(ii) striking ‘‘financial structures, or other risk fac-
tors identified by the Secretary. Any independent anal-
ysis conducted under this subsection shall be performed 
by a party chosen by the Secretary.’’ and inserting 
‘‘or financial structures. A third party independent 
analysis conducted under this subsection shall be per-
formed by a private sector expert in assessing such 
risk factors who is selected by the Secretary or 
Administrator.’’; and 
(F) in subsection (e), by— 
(i) inserting ‘‘or Administrator’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’ 
the first place it appears; and 
(ii) striking ‘‘financial structures, or other risk fac-
tors identified by the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
financial structures’’. 
(5) Section 53710(b)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary’s’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Administrator’s’’. 
(6) Section 53712(b) is amended by striking the last sen-
tence and inserting ‘‘If the Secretary or Administrator has 
waived a requirement under section 53707(d) of this title, the 
loan agreement shall include requirements for additional pay-
ments, collateral, or equity contributions to meet the waived 
requirement upon the occurrence of verifiable conditions indi-
cating that the obligor’s financial condition enables the obligor 
to meet the waived requirement.’’. 
(7) Subsections (c) and (d) of section 53717 are each 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘OF COMMERCE’’ in the subsection 
heading; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘of Commerce’’ each place it appears. 
(8) Section 53732(e)(2) is amended by inserting ‘‘of Defense’’ 
after ‘‘Secretary’’ the second place it appears. 
(9) The following provisions are amended by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ and ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator’’: 
(A) Section 53710(b)(2)(A)(i). 
(B) Section 53717(b) each place it appears in a heading 
and in text. 
(C) Section 53718. 
(D) Section 53731 each place it appears, except where 
‘‘Secretary’’ is followed by ‘‘of Energy’’. 
(E) Section 53732 (as amended by paragraph (8)) each 
place it appears, except where ‘‘Secretary’’ is followed by 
‘‘of the Treasury’’, ‘‘of State’’, or ‘‘of Defense’’. 
(F) Section 53733 each place it appears. 
(10) The following provisions are amended by inserting 
‘‘or Administrator’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it appears in 
headings and text, except where ‘‘Secretary’’ is followed by 
‘‘of Transportation’’ or ‘‘of the Treasury’’: 
(A) The items relating to sections 53722 and 53723 
in the chapter analysis for chapter 537. 
(B) Sections 53701(1), (4), and (9) (as redesignated 
by 
paragraph 
(1)(A)), 
53702(a), 
53703, 
53704, 
53706(a)(3)(B)(iii), 53709(a)(1), (b)(1) and (2)(A), and (d),
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53710(a) and (c), 53711, 53712 (except in the last sentence 
of subsection (b) as amended by paragraph (6)), 53713 
to 53716, 53721 to 53725, and 53734. 
(11) Sections 53715(d)(1), 53716(d)(3), 53721(c), 53722(a)(1) 
and (b)(1)(B), and 53724(b) are amended by inserting ‘‘or 
Administrator’s’’ after ‘‘Secretary’s’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF
SUPERSEDED
AMENDMENTS.—Section 3507 
(except subsection (c)(4)) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163) is repealed. 
SEC. 3523. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109– 
163. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Title 46, United States Code, is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Chapters 513 and 515 are amended by striking ‘‘Naval 
Reserve’’ each place it appears in analyses, headings, and text 
and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’. 
(2) Section 51504(f) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) FUEL COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Secretary shall pay to each State maritime academy 
the costs of fuel used by a vessel provided under this section 
while used for training. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—The amount of the payment to 
a State maritime academy under paragraph (1) may not 
exceed— 
‘‘(A) $100,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(B) $200,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(C) $300,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year 
thereafter.’’. 
(3) 
Section 
51505(b)(2)(B) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$200,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000 for fiscal year 2006, 
$400,000 for fiscal year 2007, and $500,000 for fiscal year 
2008 and each fiscal year thereafter’’. 
(4) Section 51701(a) is amended by striking ‘‘of the United 
States.’’ and inserting ‘‘of the United States and to perform 
functions to assist the United States merchant marine, as deter-
mined necessary by the Secretary.’’. 
(5)(A) Section 51907 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 51907. Provision of decorations, medals, and replacements 
‘‘The Secretary of Transportation may provide— 
‘‘(1) the decorations and medals authorized by this chapter 
and replacements for those decorations and medals; and 
‘‘(2) replacements for decorations and medals issued under 
a prior law.’’. 
(B) The item relating to section 51907 in the chapter anal-
ysis for chapter 519 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘51907. Provision of decorations, medals, and replacements’’. 
(6)(A) The following new chapter is inserted after chapter 
539: 
‘‘CHAPTER 541—MISCELLANEOUS 
‘‘Sec 
‘‘54101. Assistance for small shipyards and maritime communities’’.
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(B) Section 3506 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note) is transferred 
to and redesignated as section 54101 of title 46, United States 
Code, to appear at the end of chapter 541 of title 46, as 
inserted by subparagraph (A). 
(C) The heading of such section, as transferred by subpara-
graph (B), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 54101. Assistance for small shipyards and maritime 
communities’’. 
(D) Paragraph (1) of subsection (h) of such section, as 
transferred by subparagraph (B), is amended by striking ‘‘(15 
U.S.C. 632);’’ and inserting ‘‘(15 U.S.C. 632));’’. 
(E) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle V 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 
539 the following new item: 
‘‘541. Miscellaneous ......................................................................
54101’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Sections 515(g)(2), 
3502, 3509, and 3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163) are repealed. 
SEC. 3524. AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109–171. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 60301 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2 cents per ton (but not more than a 
total of 10 cents per ton per year)’’ in subsection (a) and 
inserting ‘‘4.5 cents per ton, not to exceed a total of 22.5 
cents per ton per year, for fiscal years 2006 through 2010, 
and 2 cents per ton, not to exceed a total of 10 cents per 
ton per year, for each fiscal year thereafter,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘6 cents per ton (but not more than a 
total of 30 cents per ton per year)’’ in subsection (b) and 
inserting ‘‘13.5 cents per ton, not to exceed a total of 67.5 
cents per ton per year, for fiscal years 2006 through 2010, 
and 6 cents per ton, not to exceed a total of 30 cents per 
ton per year, for each fiscal year thereafter,’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Section 4001 of 
the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171) is repealed. 
SEC. 3525. AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109–241. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Title 46, United States Code, is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Section 12111 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) 
ACTIVITIES
INVOLVING
MOBILE
OFFSHORE
DRILLING 
UNITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Only a vessel for which a certificate 
of documentation with a registry endorsement is issued may 
engage in— 
‘‘(A) the setting, relocation, or recovery of the anchors 
or other mooring equipment of a mobile offshore drilling 
unit that is located over the outer Continental Shelf (as 
defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a))); or 
‘‘(B) the transportation of merchandise or personnel 
to or from a point in the United States from or to a
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mobile offshore drilling unit located over the outer Conti-
nental Shelf that is not attached to the seabed. 
‘‘(2) COASTWISE TRADE NOT AUTHORIZED.—Nothing in para-
graph (1) authorizes the employment in the coastwise trade 
of a vessel that does not meet the requirements of section 
12112 of this title.’’. 
(2) Section 12139(a) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
charterers’’ and inserting ‘‘charterers, and mortgagees’’. 
(3) Section 51307 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2); 
(B) by striking ‘‘organizations.’’ in paragraph (3) and 
inserting ‘‘organizations; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) on any other vessel considered by the Secretary to 
be necessary or appropriate or in the national interest.’’. 
(4) Section 55105(b)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’. 
(5) Section 70306(a) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later 
than February 28 of each year, the Secretary shall submit 
a report’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall submit an annual 
report’’. 
(6) Section 70502(d)(2) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) RESPONSE TO CLAIM OF REGISTRY.—The response of 
a foreign nation to a claim of registry under paragraph (1)(A) 
or (C) may be made by radio, telephone, or similar oral or 
electronic means, and is proved conclusively by certification 
of the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s designee.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Sections 303, 307, 
308, 310, 901(q), and 902(o) of the Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–241) are repealed. 
SEC. 3526. AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109–364. 
(a) UPDATING
OF CROSS REFERENCES.—Section 1017(b)(2) of 
the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364, 10 U.S.C. 2631 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 
U.S.C. 883), section 12106 of title 46, United States Code, and 
section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. App. 802)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘sections 12112, 50501, and 55102 of title 46, United 
States Code’’. 
(b) SECTION 51306(e).— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 51306 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) ALTERNATIVE SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) SERVICE
AS
COMMISSIONED
OFFICER.—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 require-
ments of paragraphs (3) through (5) of subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) MODIFICATION OR WAIVER.—The Secretary may modify 
or waive any of the terms and conditions set forth in subsection 
(a) through the imposition of alternative service requirements.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Section 51306(e) of title 46, United 
States Code, as added by paragraph (1), applies only to an
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individual who enrolls as a cadet at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy, and signs an agreement under section 
51306(a) of title 46, after October 17, 2006. 
(c) SECTION 51306(f).— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 51306 of title 46, United States 
Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) SERVICE OBLIGATION PERFORMANCE REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to any otherwise applicable 
restrictions on disclosure in section 552a of title 5, 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— 
‘‘(A) shall report the status of obligated service of an 
individual graduate of the Academy upon request of the 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) 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. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
TO
BE
PROVIDED.—A report or notice 
under paragraph (1) 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. 
‘‘(3) CONSIDERED AS IN DEFAULT.—Upon receipt of such 
a report or notice, such graduate may be considered to be 
in default of the graduate’s service obligations by the Secretary, 
and subject to all remedies the Secretary may have with respect 
to such a default.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Section 51306(f) of title 46, United States 
Code, as added by paragraph (1), does not apply with respect 
to an agreement entered into under section 51306(a) of title 
46, United States Code, before October 17, 2006. 
(d) SECTION 51509(c).—Section 51509(c) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘MIDSHIPMAN AND’’ in the subsection heading 
and ‘‘midshipman and’’ in the text; and 
(2) inserting ‘‘or the Coast Guard Reserve’’ after ‘‘Reserve)’’. 
(e) SECTION 51908(a).—Section 51908(a) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under this chapter’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by this chapter or the Secretary of Transportation’’. 
(f) SECTION 53105(e)(2).—Section 53105(e)(2) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 2 of the Shipping 
Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. App. 802),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 50501 of 
this title’’. 
(g) REPEAL
OF
SUPERSEDED
AMENDMENTS.—Sections 3505, 
3506, 3508, and 3510(a) and (b) of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109– 
364) are repealed. 
SEC. 3527. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DELETION OF OBSOLETE REFERENCE TO CANTON ISLAND.— 
Section 55101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the end of 
paragraph (2); 
(2) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 
(b) IMPROVEMENT OF HEADING.—Title 46, United States Code, 
is amended as follows: 
(1) The heading of section 55110 is amended by inserting 
‘‘valueless material or’’ before ‘‘dredged material’’. 
(2) The item for section 55110 in the analysis for chapter 
551 is amended by inserting ‘‘valueless material or’’ before 
‘‘dredged material’’. 
SEC. 3528. APPLICATION OF SUNSET PROVISION TO CODIFIED PROVI-
SION. 
For purposes of section 303 of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–27, 26 U.S.C. 1 note), 
the amendment made by section 301(a)(2)(E) of that Act shall 
be deemed to have been made to section 53511(f)(2) of title 46, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 3529. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 46.—Title 46, United States Code, 
is amended as follows: 
(1) The analysis for chapter 21 is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 2108. 
(2) Section 12113(g) is amended by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 
‘‘Conservation’’. 
(3) Section 12131 is amended by striking ‘‘commmand’’ 
and inserting ‘‘command’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 109–304.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.—Public Law 109–304 is amended as fol-
lows: 
(A) Section 15(10) is amended by striking ‘‘46 App. 
U.S.C.’’ and inserting ‘‘46 U.S.C. App.’’. 
(B) Section 15(30) is amended by striking ‘‘Shipping 
Act, 1936’’ and inserting ‘‘Shipping Act, 1916’’. 
(C) The schedule of Statutes at Large repealed in sec-
tion 19, as it relates to the Act of June 29, 1936, is amended 
by— 
(i) striking the second section ‘‘1111’’ (relating to 
46 U.S.C. App. 1279f) and inserting section ‘‘1113’’; 
and 
(ii) striking the second section ‘‘1112’’ (relating to 
46 U.S.C. App. 1279g) and inserting section ‘‘1114’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph 
(1) shall be effective as if included in the enactment of Public 
Law 109–304. 
(c) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE OR UNEXECUTABLE AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Sections 9(a), 15(21) and (33)(A) through 
(D)(i), and 16(c)(2) of Public Law 109–304 are repealed. 
(2) INTENDED EFFECT.—The provisions repealed by para-
graph (1) shall be treated as if never enacted.
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(d) LARGE PASSENGER VESSEL CREW REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
8103(k)(3)(C)(iv) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘and section 252 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1282)’’ after ‘‘of such section’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.