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Union Calendar No. 271 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4719 
[Report No. 116–340] 
To amend the Federal share of the fishing safety standards grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 17, 2019 
Mr. GOLDEN (for himself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PAPPAS and Ms. PINGREE 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 17, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Federal share of the fishing safety standards 
grants. 
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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 ‘‘Funding Instruction for 
Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies 
Act’’ or the ‘‘FISH SAFE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL SHARE OF THE FISHING 
SAFETY STANDARDS GRANTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 4502 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (i)(3), by striking ‘‘50’’ and in-
serting ‘‘75’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j)(3), by striking ‘‘50’’ and in-
serting ‘‘75’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a) takes effect on the day after the date 
of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Author-
ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282). 
SEC. 3. COST SHARE. 
The cap on the Federal share of the cost of any activity 
carried out with a grant under subsections (i) and (j) of 
section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, as in effect 
prior to the date of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282), 
shall apply to any funds appropriated under the Consoli-
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dated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31) for 
the purpose of making such grants. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AMEND-
MENTS. 
Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (i)(4), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2021’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j)(4), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 5. AIDS TO NAVIGATION. 
(a) Section 541 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) In’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) In the case of pierhead beacons, the Commandant 
may— 
‘‘(1) acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf 
of the United States, the right to use and occupy sites 
for pierhead beacons; and 
‘‘(2) properly mark all pierheads belonging to 
the United States situated on the northern and north-
western lakes, whenever the Commandant is duly no-
tified by the department charged with the construc-
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tion or repair of pierheads that the construction or re-
pair of any such pierheads has been completed.’’. 
(b) Subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 548. Prohibition against officers and employees 
being interested in contracts for mate-
rials, etc. 
‘‘No officer, enlisted member, or civilian member of the 
Coast Guard in any manner connected with the construc-
tion, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, shall be in-
terested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract for 
labor, materials, or supplies for the construction, operation, 
or maintenance of lighthouses, or in any patent, plan, or 
mode of construction or illumination, or in any article of 
supply for the construction, operation, or maintenance of 
lighthouses. 
‘‘§ 549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and suffi-
ciency of cession by State of jurisdiction 
‘‘(a) No lighthouse, beacon, public pier, or landmark, 
shall be built or erected on any site until cession of jurisdic-
tion over the same has been made to the United States. 
‘‘(b) For the purposes of subsection (a), a cession by 
a State of jurisdiction over a place selected as the site of 
a lighthouse, or other structure or work referred to in sub-
section (a), shall be deemed sufficient if the cession contains 
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a reservation that process issued under authority of such 
State may continue to be served within such place. 
‘‘(c) If no reservation of service described in subsection 
(b) is contained in a cession, all process may be served and 
executed within the place ceded, in the same manner as if 
no cession had been made. 
‘‘§ 550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes 
‘‘The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly 
mark all pierheads belonging to the United States situated 
on the northern and northwestern lakes, whenever he is duly 
notified by the department charged with the construction 
or repair of pierheads that the construction or repair of 
any such pierhead has been completed.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 547 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘548. Prohibition against officers and employees being interest in contracts for 
materials, etc. 
‘‘549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of 
jurisdiction. 
‘‘550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes.’’. 
SEC. 6. TRANSFERS RELATED TO EMPLOYEES OF THE 
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. 
(a) Section 6 of chapter 103 of the Act of June 20, 
1918 (33 U.S.C. 763) is repealed. 
(b) Subchapter II of chapter 25 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘§ 2532. Retirement of employees 
‘‘(a) OPTIONAL RETIREMENT.—Except as provided in 
subsections (d) and (e), a covered employee may retire from 
further performance of duty if such officer or employee— 
‘‘(1) has completed 30 years of active service in 
the Government and is at least 55 years of age; 
‘‘(2) has completed 25 years of active service in 
the Government and is at least 62 years of age; or 
‘‘(3) is involuntarily separated from further per-
formance of duty, except by removal for cause on 
charges of misconduct or delinquency, after com-
pleting 25 years of active service in the Government, 
or after completing 20 years of such service and if 
such employee is at least 50 years of age. 
‘‘(b) COMPULSORY RETIREMENT.—A covered employee 
who becomes 70 years of age shall be compulsorily retired 
from further performance of duty. 
‘‘(c) RETIREMENT FOR DISABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered employee who has 
completed 15 years of active service in the Govern-
ment and is found, after examination by a medical 
officer of the United States, to be disabled for useful 
and efficient service by reason of disease or injury not 
due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful mis-
conduct of such officer or employee, shall be retired. 
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‘‘(2) RESTORATION TO ACTIVE DUTY.—Any indi-
vidual retired under paragraph (1) may, upon recov-
ery, be restored to active duty, and shall from time 
to time, before reaching the age at which such indi-
vidual may retire under subsection (a), be reexamined 
by a medical officer of the United States upon the re-
quest of the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), The annual compensation of a person re-
tired under this section shall be a sum equal to one- 
fortieth of the average annual pay received for the last 
three years of service for each year of active service 
in the Lighthouse Service, or in a department or 
branch of the Government having a retirement sys-
tem, not to exceed thirty-fortieths of such average an-
nual pay received. 
‘‘(2) RETIREMENT BEFORE 55.—The retirement 
pay computed under paragraph (1) for any officer or 
employee retiring under this section shall be reduced 
by one-sixth of 1 percent for each full month the offi-
cer or employee is under 55 years of age at the date 
of retirement. 
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‘‘(3) NO ALLOWANCE OR SUBSISTENCE.—Retire-
ment pay under this section shall not include any 
amount on account of subsistence or other allowance. 
‘‘(e) EXCEPTION.—The retirement and pay provision 
in this section shall not apply to— 
‘‘(1) any person in the field service of the Light-
house Service whose duties do not require substan-
tially all their time; or 
‘‘(2) persons of the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(f) WAIVER.—Any person entitled to retirement pay 
under this section may decline to accept all or any part 
of such retirement pay by a waiver signed and filed with 
the Secretary of the Treasury. Such waiver may be revoked 
in writing at any time, but no payment of the retirement 
pay waived shall be made covering the period during which 
such waiver was in effect. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the 
term ‘covered employee’ means an officer or employee en-
gaged in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse 
Service, except a person continuously employed in district 
offices or shop.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 2531 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘2532. Retirement of employees.’’. 
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SEC. 7. TRANSFERS RELATED TO SURVIVING SPOUSES OF 
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE EMPLOYEES. 
(a) BENEFIT TO SURVIVING SPOUSES.—Subchapter II 
of chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by adding after section 2532 the following: 
‘‘§ 2533. Surviving spouses 
‘‘The Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating shall pay $100 per month to the sur-
viving spouse of a current or former employee of the Light-
house Service in accordance with section 2532 if such em-
ployee dies— 
‘‘(1) at a time when such employee was receiving 
or was entitled to receive retirement pay under this 
subchapter; or 
‘‘(2) from non-service-connected causes after fif-
teen or more years of employment in such service.’’. 
(b) TRANSFERS RELATED TO SURVIVING SPOUSES OF 
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) Subchapter II of chapter 25 of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by adding after sec-
tion 2533 the following: 
‘‘§ 2534. Application for benefits’’. 
(2)(A) Section 3 of chapter 761 of the Act of Au-
gust 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 773), is redesignated as sec-
tion 2534(a) of title 14, United States Code, trans-
ferred to appear after the heading of section 2534 of 
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that title, and amended so that the enumerator, sec-
tion heading, typeface, and typestyle conform to those 
appearing in other sections in title 14, United States 
Code. 
(B) Section 2534(a), as so redesignated, trans-
ferred, and amended is further amended by striking 
‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2533’’. 
(3)(A) Section 4 of chapter 761 of the Act of Au-
gust 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 774), is redesignated as sec-
tion 2534(b) of title 14, United States Code, trans-
ferred to appear after section 2534(a) of that title, 
and amended so that the enumerator, section heading, 
typeface, and typestyle conform to those appearing in 
other sections in title 14, United States Code. 
(B) Section 2534(b), as so redesignated, trans-
ferred, and amended is further amended by striking 
‘‘the provisions of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
2533’’. 
(4)(A) The proviso under the heading ‘‘Payment 
to Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund’’ of 
title V of division C of Public Law 112–74 (33 U.S.C. 
776) is redesignated as section 2534(c) of title 14, 
United States Code, transferred to appear after sec-
tion 2534(b) of that title, and amended so that the 
enumerator, section heading, typeface, and typestyle 
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(15) The first section and section 2 of chapter 
761 of the Act of August 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 771 and 
772). 
(b) SAVINGS.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any repeals made by this 
section, any individual beneficiary currently receiv-
ing payments under the authority of any provisions 
repealed in this section shall continue to receive such 
benefits. 
(2) Notwithstanding the repeals made under 
paragraphs (10) and (11) of subsection (a), any pay 
increases made under chapter 788 of the Act of Octo-
ber 29, 1949, and chapter 524 of the Act of July 9, 
1956, as in effect prior to their repeal shall remain 
in effect. 
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Union Calendar No. 271 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4719 
[Report No. 116–340] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal share of the fishing safety 
standards grants. 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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