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propriate to implement this subsection. The Secretary 
may grant interim permits pending the issuance of such 
regulations upon receipt of applications containing the 
required information. 
SEC. 902. CREW WAGES ON PASSENGER VESSELS. 
(a) FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES.— 
(1) CAP ON PENALTY WAGES.—Section 10313(g) of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Subject to paragraph (2), when’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The total amount required to be paid under para-
graph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action suit by 
seamen on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 
500 passengers for wages under this section against a vessel 
master, owner, or operator or the employer of the seamen 
shall not exceed ten times the unpaid wages that are the sub-
ject of the claims. 
‘‘(3) A class action suit for wages under this subsection 
must be commenced within three years after the later of— 
‘‘(A) the date of the end of the last voyage for 
which the wages are claimed; or 
‘‘(B) the receipt, by a seaman who is a claimant in 
the suit, of a payment of wages that are the subject of
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the suit that is made in the ordinary course of employ-
ment.’’. 
(2) DEPOSITS.—Section 10315 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) DEPOSITS IN SEAMAN ACCOUNT.—By written re-
quest signed by the seaman, a seaman employed on a pas-
senger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 passengers 
may authorize the master, owner, or operator of the vessel, 
or the employer of the seaman, to make deposits of wages of 
the seaman into a checking, savings, investment, or retire-
ment account, or other account to secure a payroll or debit 
card for the seaman if— 
‘‘(1) the wages designated by the seaman for such 
deposit are deposited in a United States or international 
financial institution designated by the seaman; 
‘‘(2) such deposits in the financial institution are 
fully guaranteed under commonly accepted international 
standards by the government of the country in which the 
financial institution is licensed; 
‘‘(3) a written wage statement or pay stub, includ-
ing an accounting of any direct deposit, is delivered to 
the seaman no less often than monthly; and 
‘‘(4) while on board the vessel on which the seaman 
is employed, the seaman is able to arrange for with-
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drawal of all funds on deposit in the account in which 
the wages are deposited.’’. 
(b) COASTWISE VOYAGES.— 
(1) CAP ON PENALTY WAGES.—Section 10504(c) of 
such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Subject to subsection (d), and except as provided in 
paragraph (2), when’’; and 
(B) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The total amount required to be paid under para-
graph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action suit by 
seamen on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 
500 passengers for wages under this section against a vessel 
master, owner, or operator or the employer of the seamen 
shall not exceed ten times the unpaid wages that are the sub-
ject of the claims. 
‘‘(3) A class action suit for wages under this subsection 
must be commenced within three years after the later of— 
‘‘(A) the date of the end of the last voyage for 
which the wages are claimed; or 
‘‘(B) the receipt, by a seaman who is a claimant in 
the suit, of a payment of wages that are the subject of 
the suit that is made in the ordinary course of employ-
ment.’’.
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(2) DEPOSITS.—Section 10504 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) DEPOSITS IN SEAMAN ACCOUNT.—On written re-
quest signed by the seaman, a seaman employed on a pas-
senger vessel capable of carrying more than 500 passengers 
may authorize, the master, owner, or operator of the vessel, 
or the employer of the seaman, to make deposits of wages of 
the seaman into a checking, savings, investment, or retire-
ment account, or other account to secure a payroll or debit 
card for the seaman if— 
‘‘(1) the wages designated by the seaman for such 
deposit are deposited in a United States or international 
financial institution designated by the seaman; 
‘‘(2) such deposits in the financial institution are 
fully guaranteed under commonly accepted international 
standards by the government of the country in which the 
financial institution is licensed; 
‘‘(3) a written wage statement or pay stub, includ-
ing an accounting of any direct deposit, is delivered to 
the seaman no less often than monthly; and 
‘‘(4) while on board the vessel on which the seaman 
is employed, the seaman is able to arrange for with-
drawal of all funds on deposit in the account in which 
the wages are deposited.’’.
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SEC. 903. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) COAST GUARD
AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION 
ACT OF 2006.—Effective with enactment of the Coast Guard 
and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
241), such Act is amended— 
(1) in section 311(b) (120 Stat. 530) by inserting 
‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2) of’’ before ‘‘section 8104(o)’’; 
(2) in section 603(a)(2) (120 Stat. 554) by striking 
‘‘33 U.S.C. 2794(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘33 U.S.C. 
2704(a)(2)’’; 
(3) in section 901(r)(2) (120 Stat. 566) by striking 
‘‘the’’ the second place it appears; 
(4) in section 902(c) (120 Stat. 566) by inserting 
‘‘of the United States’’ after ‘‘Revised Statutes’’; 
(5) in section 902(e) (120 Stat. 567) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at 
the end of paragraph (1); 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2)(A); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (2), re-
spectively, and aligning the left margin of such sub-
paragraphs with the left margin of subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (2); 
(6) in section 902(e)(2)(C) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this paragraph’’;