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Union Calendar No. 317 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2830 
[Report No. 110–338, Parts I, II, and III] 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2008, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2007 
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. LATOURETTE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity for a period ending not later than October 1, 2007, for consider-
ation of such provisions of the bill and the amendment as fall within the 
jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(i), rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
OCTOBER 1, 2007 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in boldface roman] 
OCTOBER 1, 2007 
Referred to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary for 
a period ending not later than October 15, 2007, for consideration of 
such provisions of the bill and the amendment as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of those committees pursuant to clauses 1(f) and 1(k) respectively, 
rule X 
OCTOBER 15, 2007 
Referral to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Judiciary 
extended for a period ending not later than October 29, 2007 
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OCTOBER 29, 2007 
Referral to the Committee on the Judiciary extended for a period ending not 
later than October 30, 2007 
OCTOBER 29, 2007 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than November 16, 2007 
OCTOBER 30, 2007 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in boldface italic] 
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than December 7, 2007 
DECEMBER 7, 2007 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than December 14, 2007 
DECEMBER 14, 2007 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than January 12, 2008 
DECEMBER 18, 2007 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than January 15, 2008 
JANUARY 15, 2008 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than January 23, 2008 
JANUARY 23, 2008 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than January 29, 2008 
JANUARY 29, 2008 
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 22, 2007] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal 
year 2008, and for other purposes. 
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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 Authoriza-
tion Act of 2007’’. 
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. 
Sec. 103. Transfer of bridge administration program authority and functions. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
Sec. 201. Appointment of civilian Coast Guard judges. 
Sec. 202. Industrial activities. 
Sec. 203. Reimbursement for medical-related travel expenses. 
Sec. 204. Commissioned officers. 
Sec. 205. Coast Guard participation in the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
(AFRH) system. 
Sec. 206. Grants to international maritime organizations. 
Sec. 207. Emergency leave retention authority. 
Sec. 208. Enforcement authority. 
Sec. 209. Repeal. 
Sec. 210. Admirals and Vice Admirals. 
Sec. 211. Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 212. Reserve commissioned warrant officer to lieutenant program. 
Sec. 213. Enhanced status quo officer promotion system. 
Sec. 214. Laser Training System. 
Sec. 215. Coast Guard vessels and aircraft. 
Sec. 216. Coast Guard District Ombudsmen. 
TITLE III—SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION 
Sec. 301. Vessel size limits. 
Sec. 302. Goods and services. 
Sec. 303. Seaward extension of anchorage grounds jurisdiction. 
Sec. 304. Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act amendment-simple possession. 
Sec. 305. Technical amendments to tonnage measurement law. 
Sec. 306. Seamen’s shoreside access. 
Sec. 307. Fishing vessel safety. 
Sec. 308. Mariner records. 
Sec. 309. Deletion of exemption of license requirement for operators of certain 
towing vessels. 
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Sec. 310. Adjustment of liability limits for natural gas deepwater ports. 
Sec. 311. Period of limitations for claims against Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. 
Sec. 312. Log books. 
Sec. 313. Unsafe operation. 
Sec. 314. Approval of survival craft. 
Sec. 315. Safety management. 
Sec. 316. Protection against discrimination. 
Sec. 317. Dry bulk cargo residue. 
Sec. 318. Clarification of delegation of authority to classification societies. 
Sec. 319. Registry endorsement for LNG vessels. 
Sec. 320. Oaths. 
Sec. 321. Duration of credentials. 
Sec. 322. Fingerprinting. 
Sec. 323. Authorization to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of registry, 
and merchant mariners’ documents. 
Sec. 324. Merchant mariner documentation. 
Sec. 325. Merchant mariner assistance report. 
Sec. 326. Merchant mariner shortage report. 
Sec. 327. Merchant mariner document standards. 
Sec. 328. Waterside security around liquefied natural gas terminals and liquefied 
natural gas tankers. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Certificate of documentation for GALLANT LADY. 
Sec. 402. Waiver. 
Sec. 403. Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute. 
Sec. 404. Conveyance. 
Sec. 405. Crew wages on passenger vessels. 
Sec. 406. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 407. Conveyance of decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter STORIS. 
Sec. 408. Repeal of requirement of license for employment in the business of sal-
vaging on the coast of Florida. 
Sec. 409. Right-of-first-refusal for Coast Guard property on Jupiter Island, Flor-
ida. 
Sec. 410. Conveyance of Coast Guard HU–25 Falcon Jet aircraft. 
Sec. 411. Decommissioned Coast Guard vessels for Haiti. 
Sec. 412. Extension of period of operation of vessel for setting, relocation, or re-
covery of anchors or other mooring equipment. 
Sec. 413. Vessel traffic risk assessments. 
Sec. 414. Vessel MARYLAND INDEPENDENCE. 
Sec. 415. Study of relocation of Coast Guard Sector Buffalo facilities. 
TITLE V—BALLAST WATER TREATMENT 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Declaration of goals and purposes. 
Sec. 503. Ballast water management. 
Sec. 504. National ballast water management information. 
Sec. 505. Ballast water management evaluation and demonstration program. 
Sec. 506. Rapid response plan. 
Sec. 507. Authorization of appropriations. 
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TITLE VI—ALIEN SMUGGLING 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Maritime law enforcement. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows: 
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard, $5,965,742,000, of which— 
(A) $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 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); 
(B) $631,000,000 shall be available only for 
paying for search and rescue programs; 
(C) $527,000,000 shall be available only for 
paying for marine safety programs; and 
(D) $80,500,000 shall be available only for 
paying for operating expenses of the Integrated 
Deepwater System program. 
(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, $1,005,768,000, of which— 
(A) $20,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
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