(9) in section 902(k) (120 Stat. 568) is amend-
ed—
(A) by inserting ‘‘the Act of March 23, 
1906, commonly known as’’ before ‘‘the General 
Bridge’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘491)’’ and inserting 
‘‘494),’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘each place it appears’’ 
before ‘‘and inserting’’; and 
(10) in section 902(o) (120 Stat. 569) by strik-
ing the period after ‘‘Homeland Security’’. 
(b) TITLE 14.—(1) The analysis for chapter 7 of title 
14, United States Code, is amended by adding a period 
at the end of the item relating to section 149. 
(2) The analysis for chapter 17 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding a period at the end 
of the item relating to section 677. 
(3) The analysis for chapter 9 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding a period at the end 
of the item relating to section 198. 
(c) TITLE 46.—(1) The analysis for chapter 81 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding a pe-
riod at the end of the item relating to section 8106.
(2) Section 70105(c)(3)(C) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘National Intelligence Director’’ and inserting 
‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’. 
(d) DEEPWATER
PORT
ACT
OF
1974.—Section 
5(c)(2) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 
1504(c)(2)) is amended by aligning the left margin of sub-
paragraph (K) with the left margin of subparagraph (L). 
(e) OIL POLLUTION ACT
OF 1990.—(1) Section 
1104(a)(2) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2794(a)(2)) is amended by striking the first comma fol-
lowing ‘‘$800,000’’. 
(2) The table of sections in section 2 of such Act is 
amended by inserting a period at the end of the item relat-
ing to section 7002. 
(f) COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1996.—
The table of sections in section 2 of the Coast Guard Au-
thorization Act of 1996 is amended in the item relating 
to section 103 by striking ‘‘reports’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
port’’. 
TITLE V—MARPOL ANNEX VI 
IMPLEMENTATION 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘MARPOL Annex VI 
Implementation Act of 2006’’.
SEC. 502. REFERENCES. 
Wherever in this title an amendment or repeal is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to or a repeal of a sec-
tion or other provision, the reference shall be considered 
to be made to a section or other provision of the Act to 
Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). 
SEC. 503. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2(a) (33 U.S.C. 1901(a)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating the paragraphs (1) 
through (12) as paragraphs (2) through (13), re-
spectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(1) ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘and V’’ and inserting ‘‘V, and VI’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘ ‘discharge’ and ‘garbage’ and ‘harmful 
substance’ and ‘incident’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘dis-
charge’, ‘emission’, ‘garbage’, ‘harmful substance’, 
and ‘incident’ ’’. 
SEC. 504. APPLICABILITY. 
Section 3 (33 U.S.C. 1902) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (3); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) with respect to Annex VI to the Conven-
tion, and to the extent consistent with international 
law, to a ship (other than a ship referred to in para-
graph (1)), that—
‘‘(A) is in a port, shipyard, offshore ter-
minal, or the internal waters of the United 
States; 
‘‘(B) is in the territorial sea of the United 
States as defined in Presidential Proclamation 
5928 of December 27, 1988; 
‘‘(C) is in an emission control area des-
ignated pursuant to section 4; or 
‘‘(D)(i) is bound for or departing a port, 
shipyard, offshore terminal, or the internal wa-
ters of the United States; and 
‘‘(ii) is in any other area that the Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the Secretary, has 
designated by regulation and based on the best 
available scientific data as being an area from 
which emissions from ships are of concern with
respect to protection of public health, welfare, 
or the environment.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘or (3)’’ 
after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 
(3) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) With respect to Annex VI to the Convention, the 
head of a Federal department or agency may determine 
that some or all of the requirements under this Act shall 
apply to one or more classes of public vessels operated 
under the authority of such department or agency.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, or the Administrator as 
authorized by section 4,’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(or an applicable 
Annex)’’ after ‘‘MARPOL Protocol’’ the first 
place it appears; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘and Annex VI’’ after 
‘‘Annex V’’. 
SEC. 505. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 
Section 4(b) (33 U.S.C. 1903(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) In prescribing regulations under this section to 
carry out the provisions of Annex VI to the Convention, 
the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator with 
respect to Regulations 12 and 16 of such Annex and with 
the Administrator and the Secretary of the Interior with 
respect to Regulation 19 of such Annex. 
‘‘(3) In addition to the authority the Secretary has 
to prescribe regulations under this section to carry out 
Annex VI to the Convention, the Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Secretary, shall prescribe any necessary 
or desired regulations to carry out Regulations 13, 14, 15, 
and 18 of such Annex.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) No standard issued by any person or Federal 
agency regarding emissions from tank vessels that are 
subject to Regulation 15 of Annex VI to the Convention 
shall be effective until six months after the date on which 
the Secretary submits a notification to the International 
Maritime Organization that such standard has been estab-
lished.’’. 
SEC. 506. CERTIFICATES. 
Section 5 (33 U.S.C. 1904) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Administrator shall, and no other person 
may, issue an Engine International Air Pollution Preven-
tion Certificate in accordance with Annex VI to the Con-
vention and the International Maritime Organization’s 
Technical Code on Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Ox-
ides from Marine Diesel Engines, on behalf of the United 
States. The issuance of such certificates shall be con-
sistent with any applicable requirements under the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) and regulations promul-
gated thereunder.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) A certificate issued by a country that is a party 
to the MARPOL Protocol has the same validity as a cer-
tificate issued by the Secretary under this Act or by the 
Administrator under subsection (a)(2).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e) by inserting ‘‘or the public 
health or welfare’’ after ‘‘marine environment’’. 
SEC. 507. RECEPTION FACILITIES. 
Section 6 (33 U.S.C. 1905) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the 
following:
‘‘(3) The Secretary, after consulting with appropriate 
Federal agencies, shall establish regulations to require 
that ports and terminals provide reception facilities for re-
ceiving ozone depleting substances, equipment containing 
such substances, and exhaust gas cleaning residues or en-
sure that such facilities are available. The regulations 
shall establish criteria for determining the adequacy of re-
ception facilities for receiving such substances, equipment, 
or residues at a port or terminal and such additional 
measures and requirements as are appropriate to ensure 
such adequacy. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may establish regulations to cer-
tify, and may issue certificates to the effect, that a port’s 
or terminal’s facilities for receiving such substances, 
equipment, and residues from ships are adequate.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(A) by inserting ‘‘or 
(a)(3)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (e)(2) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may deny the entry of a ship to 
a port or terminal required by regulations issued under 
this section to provide adequate reception facilities for gar-
bage, ozone depleting substances, equipment containing 
such substances, and exhaust gas cleaning residues if the
port of terminal is not in compliance with such regula-
tions.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f)(1) by striking ‘‘MARPOL 
Protocol or the Antarctic Protocol’’ and inserting 
‘‘MARPOL Protocol, the Antarctic Protocol, or this 
Act’’. 
SEC. 508. INSPECTIONS. 
Section 8(f) (33 U.S.C. 1907(f)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary may inspect a ship to which 
this Act applies as provided under section 3(a)(5), to 
verify whether the ship is in compliance with Annex VI 
to the Convention and this Act. 
‘‘(2) If an inspection under this subsection or any 
other information indicates that a violation has occurred, 
the Secretary may undertake enforcement action under 
this section.’’. 
SEC. 509. AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOL. 
Section 10(b) (33 U.S.C. 1909(b)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Annex I, II, or V’’ and by inserting ‘‘Annex I, 
II, V, or VI’’. 
SEC. 510. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 
Section 15 (33 U.S.C. 1911) is amended to read as 
follows:
‘‘SEC. 15. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 
‘‘Authorities, requirements, and remedies of this Act 
supplement and neither amend nor repeal any other au-
thorities, requirements, or remedies conferred by any 
other provision of law. Nothing in this Act shall limit, 
deny, amend, modify, or repeal any other authority, re-
quirement, or remedy available to the United States or 
any other person, except as expressly provided in this 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 511. MARPOL TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
Subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 9 (33 U.S.C. 
1908(a), (b), and (d)) are amended by striking the second 
comma after ‘‘MARPOL Protocol’’ each place it appears. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.