IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 889 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal 
year 2006, to make technical corrections to various laws 
administered by the Coast Guard, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coast Guard and Mari-
time Transportation Act of 2005’’. 
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. Authorization of funding related to Hurricane Katrina. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
Sec. 201. Extension of Coast Guard vessel anchorage and movement authority. 
Sec. 202. International training and technical assistance. 
Sec. 203. Officer promotion. 
Sec. 204. Coast Guard band director. 
Sec. 205. Authority for one-step turnkey design-build contracting. 
Sec. 206. Reserve recall authority. 
Sec. 207. Reserve officer distribution. 
Sec. 208. Expansion of use of auxiliary equipment to support coast guard mis-
sions. 
Sec. 209. Coast Guard history fellowships. 
Sec. 210. Icebreaker operation and maintenance plan. 
Sec. 211. Operation as a service in the Navy. 
Sec. 212. Commendation, recognition, and thanks for Coast Guard personnel. 
Sec. 213. Homeowners assistance for Coast Guard personnel affected by Hurri-
cane Katrina. 
Sec. 214. Report on personnel, assets, and expenses. 
Sec. 215. Limitation on moving assets to St. Elizabeths hospital. 
TITLE III—SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION 
Sec. 301. Treatment of ferries as passenger vessels. 
Sec. 302. Great Lakes pilotage annual ratemaking. 
Sec. 303. Certification of vessel nationality in drug smuggling cases. 
Sec. 304. LNG Tankers. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 401. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 402. Authorization of junior reserve officers training program pilot pro-
gram. 
Sec. 403. Transfer. 
Sec. 404. Long-range vessel tracking system. 
Sec. 405. Reports. 
Sec. 406. Training of cadets at United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
Sec. 407. Marine casualty investigations study.
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Sec. 408. Conveyance of decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW. 
Sec. 409. Deepwater implementation report. 
Sec. 410. Helicopters. 
Sec. 411. Reports from mortgagees of vessels. 
Sec. 412. Newtown Creek, New York City, New York. 
Sec. 413. Determination of the Secretary. 
Sec. 414. Report on technologies. 
Sec. 415. Movement of anchors. 
Sec. 416. International tonnage measurement of vessels engaged in the Aleu-
tian trade. 
Sec. 417. Assessment and planning. 
Sec. 418. Homeport. 
Sec. 419. Opinions regarding whether certain facilities create obstructions to 
navigation. 
Sec. 420. Temporary authorization to extend the duration of licenses, certifi-
cates of registry, and merchant mariners’ documents. 
Sec. 421. Temporary authorization to extend the duration of vessel certificates 
of inspection. 
Sec. 422. Temporary center for processing of for licenses, certificates of reg-
istry, and merchant mariners’ documents. 
Sec. 423. Determination of navigational impact. 
Sec. 424. Port Richmond. 
Sec. 425. Citizenship and naval reserve requirements. 
Sec. 426. Eligibility to participate in western Alaska community development 
quota program. 
Sec. 427. Quota share allocation. 
Sec. 428. Acquisition of maritime refueling support vessel for United States 
drug interdiction efforts in the Eastern Pacific Maritime Tran-
sit Zone. 
Sec. 429. Voyage data recorder requirements. 
TITLE V—LIGHTHOUSES 
Sec. 501. Transfer. 
Sec. 502. Misty Fiords National Monument and Wilderness. 
Sec. 503. Cape St. Elias light station. 
Sec. 504. Inclusion of lighthouse in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Flor-
ida. 
TITLE VI—RESPONSE 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Requirement to notify Coast Guard of release of objects into the navi-
gable waters of the United States. 
Sec. 603. Limits on liability. 
Sec. 604. Requirement to update Philadelphia area contingency plan. 
Sec. 605. Submerged oil removal. 
Sec. 606. Delaware River and Bay Oil Spill Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 607. Maritime fire and safety activities.
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TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2006 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as 
follows: 
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard, $5,586,400,000, of which $24,500,000 
is authorized to be derived from the Oil Spill Liabil-
ity Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. 
(2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuild-
ing, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, includ-
ing equipment related thereto, $1,903,821,000, of 
which— 
(A) $20,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 
purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollu-
tion Act of 1990), to remain available until ex-
pended; 
(B) $1,316,300,000 is authorized for ac-
quisition and construction of shore and offshore 
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equip-
ment related thereto, and other activities that