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‘‘(h) NOTIFICATION OF SECRETARY OF STATE.—The 
Secretary shall notify the Secretary of State of each exemp-
tion issued under this section, including the effective period 
of the exemption. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED FACILITY.—The term ‘covered fa-
cility’ means any vessel, rig, platform, or other vehi-
cle or structure, over 50 percent of which is owned by 
citizens of a foreign nation or with respect to which 
the citizens of a foreign nation have the right effec-
tively to control, except to the extent and to the degree 
that the President determines that the government of 
such foreign nation or any of its political subdivi-
sions has implemented, by statute, regulation, policy, 
or practice, a national manning requirement for 
equipment engaged in the exploring for, developing, or 
producing resources, including non-mineral energy re-
sources in its offshore areas. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating.’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
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containing information on each letter of nonapplica-
bility of section 8109 of title 46, United States Code, 
with respect to a covered facility that was issued by 
the Secretary during the preceding year. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include, for each covered facility— 
(A) the name and International Maritime 
Organization number; 
(B) the nation in which the covered facility 
is documented; 
(C) the nationality of owner or owners; and 
(D) for any covered facility that was pre-
viously issued a letter of nonapplicability in a 
prior year, any changes in the information de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C). 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate regulations that specify the documentary and other 
requirements for the issuance of an exemption under the 
amendment made by this section. 
(d) EXISTING EXEMPTIONS.— 
(1) EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS; TERMINATION.— 
Each exemption under section 30(c)(2) of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1356(c)(2)) 
issued before the date of the enactment of this Act— 
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(A) shall not be affected by the amendments 
made by this section during the 120-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act; and 
(B) shall not be effective after such period. 
(2) NOTIFICATION OF HOLDERS.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall notify all persons that hold such 
an exemption that it will expire as provided in para-
graph (1). 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
81 of the title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘8108. Exemptions from manning and crew requirements.’’. 
TITLE V—SEXUAL ASSAULT AND 
SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT 
PRE-
VENTION AND RESPONSE 
SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2101 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (45) through 
(54) as paragraphs (47) through (56), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (44) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(45) ‘sexual assault’ means any form of abuse 
or contact as defined in chapter 109A of title 18, or 
a substantially similar State, local, or Tribal offense. 
‘‘(46) ‘sexual harassment’ means— 
‘‘(A) conduct that— 
‘‘(i) involves unwelcome sexual ad-
vances, requests for sexual favors, or delib-
erate or repeated offensive comments or ges-
tures of a sexual nature if any— 
‘‘(I) submission to such conduct is 
made either explicitly or implicitly a 
term or condition of employment, pay, 
career, benefits, or entitlements of the 
individual; 
‘‘(II) submission to, or rejection, 
of such conduct by an individual is 
used as a basis for decisions affecting 
that individual’s job, pay, career, bene-
fits, or entitlements; 
‘‘(III) such conduct has the pur-
pose or effect of unreasonably inter-
fering with an individual’s work per-
formance or creates an intimidating, 
hostile, or offensive work environment; 
or 
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