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(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
313(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2286b(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘hire’’ and inserting ‘‘in ac-
cordance with section 311(c)(7), hire’’. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Energy $17,500,000 for fis-
cal year 2016 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 sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA-
TIONAL SECURITY ASPECTS OF THE MER-
CHANT MARINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2016, to be available without fiscal year limita-
tion if so provided in appropriations Acts, for the use of 
the Department of Transportation for Maritime Adminis-
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tration programs associated with maintaining national se-
curity aspects of the merchant marine, as follows: 
(1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 
United 
States 
Merchant 
Marine 
Academy, 
$96,028,000, of which— 
(A) $71,306,000 shall remain available 
until expended for Academy operations; 
(B) $24,722,000 shall remain available 
until expended for capital asset management at 
the Academy. 
(2) For expenses necessary to support the State 
maritime academies, $34,550,000, of which— 
(A) $2,400,000 shall remain available until 
expended for student incentive payments; 
(B) $3,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for direct payments to such acad-
emies; 
(C) $1,800,000 shall remain available until 
expended for training ship fuel assistance pay-
ments; 
(D) $22,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for maintenance and repair of 
State maritime academy training vessels; 
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(E) $5,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Design; and 
(F) $350,000 shall remain available until 
expended for improving the monitoring of grad-
uates’ service obligation. 
(3) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 
Administration 
operations 
and 
programs, 
$54,059,000. 
(4) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels 
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $8,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
(5) For expenses to maintain and preserve a 
United States-flag merchant marine to serve the na-
tional security needs of the United States under 
chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, 
$186,000,000. 
(6) For the cost (as defined in section 502(5) 
of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 
661a(5)) of loan guarantees under the program au-
thorized by chapter 537 of title 46, United States 
Code, $3,135,000, of which $3,135,000 shall remain 
available until expended for administrative expenses 
of the program. 
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SEC. 3502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MARITIME SE-
CURITY FLEET PROGRAM. 
It is the sense of Congress that dedicated and en-
hanced support is necessary to stabilize and preserve the 
Maritime Security Fleet program, a program that provides 
the Department of Defense with on-demand access to 
world class, economical commercial sealift capacity, 
assures a United States-flag presence in international 
commerce, supports a pool of qualified United States mer-
chant mariners needed to crew United States-flag vessels 
during times of war or national emergency, and serves as 
a critical component of our national security infrastruc-
ture. 
SEC. 3503. UPDATE OF REFERENCES TO THE SECRETARY 
OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
REGARDING 
UNEM-
PLOYMENT INSURANCE AND VESSEL OPERA-
TORS. 
Sections 3305 and 3306(n) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 are each amended by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Commerce’’ each place that it appears and inserting 
‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’. 
SEC. 3504. RELIANCE ON CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY CER-
TIFICATION FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY 
FOR CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION. 
Section 53102(e)(3)(A) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’. 
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SEC. 3505. PAYMENT FOR MARITIME SECURITY FLEET VES-
SELS. 
(a) PER-VESSEL AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 53106(a)(1)(C) of title 46, United States Code, 
and subject to the availability of appropriations, there is 
authorized to be paid to each contractor for an operating 
agreement (as those terms are used in that section) for 
fiscal year 2016, $3,500,000 for each vessel that is cov-
ered by the operating agreement. 
(b) REPEAL OF OTHER AUTHORIZATION.—Section 
53111(3) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘2016,’’. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) FUNDING INCREASE.—The amount author-
ized to be appropriated pursuant to section 3501(5) 
for expenses to maintain and preserve a United 
States-flag merchant marine to serve the national 
security needs of the United States under chapter 
531 of title 46, United States Code, is hereby in-
creased by $24,000,000. 
(2) FUNDING
OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the 
amounts set forth in the funding tables in division 
D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in sec-
tion 101, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in section 4101 for Shipbuilding and Conver-
sion, Navy, Auxiliaries, Craft and Prior Yr Program 
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