104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1361
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for
the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1361
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for the
Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Coast Guard Author-
ization Act For Fiscal Year 1996’’.
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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—AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training.
Sec. 103. Quarterly reports on drug interdiction.
Sec. 104. Ensuring maritime safety after closure of small boat station or reduc-
tion to seasonal status.
TITLE II—PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT
Sec. 201. Hurricane Andrew relief.
Sec. 202. Exclude certain reserves from end-of-year strength.
Sec. 203. Provision of child development services.
Sec. 204. Access to national driver register information on certain Coast Guard
personnel.
Sec. 205. Officer retention until retirement eligible.
TITLE III—NAVIGATION SAFETY AND WATERWAY SERVICES
MANAGEMENT
Sec. 301. Foreign passenger vessel user fees.
Sec. 302. Florida Avenue Bridge.
Sec. 303. Renewal of Houston-Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee
and Lower Mississippi River Waterway Advisory Committee.
Sec. 304. Renewal of the Navigation Safety Advisory Council.
Sec. 305. Renewal of Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee.
Sec. 306. Nondisclosure of port security plans.
Sec. 307. Maritime drug and alcohol testing program civil penalty.
Sec. 308. Withholding vessel clearance for violation of certain Acts.
Sec. 309. Increased civil penalties.
Sec. 310. Amendment to require emergency position indicating radio beacons
on the Great Lakes.
Sec. 311. Extension of Towing Safety Advisory Committee.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 401. Transfer of Coast Guard property in Traverse City, Michigan.
Sec. 402. Transfer of Coast Guard property in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Sec. 403. Electronic filing of commercial instruments.
Sec. 404. Board for correction of military records deadline.
Sec. 405. Judicial sale of certain documented vessels to aliens.
Sec. 406. Improved authority to sell recyclable material.
Sec. 407. Recruitment of women and minorities.
Sec. 408. Limitation of certain State authority over vessels.
Sec. 409. Vessel financing.
Sec. 410. Sense of Congress; requirement regarding notice.
Sec. 411. Special selection boards.
Sec. 412. Availability of extrajudicial remedies for default on preferred mort-
gage liens on vessels.
Sec. 413. Implementation of water pollution laws with respect to vegetable oil.
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Sec. 414. Certain information from marine casualty investigations barred in
legal proceedings.
Sec. 415. Report on LORAN–C requirements.
Sec. 416. Limited double hull exemptions.
Sec. 417. Oil spill response vessels.
Sec. 418. Offshore facility financial responsibility requirements.
Sec. 419. Manning and watch requirements on towing vessels on the Great
Lakes.
Sec. 420. Limitation on application of certain laws to Lake Texoma.
Sec. 421. Limitation on consolidation or relocation of Houston and Galveston
marine safety offices.
Sec. 422. Sense of the Congress regarding funding for Coast Guard.
Sec. 423. Conveyance of Light Station, Montauk Point, New York.
Sec. 424. Conveyance of Cape Ann Lighthouse, Thachers Island, Massachu-
setts.
Sec. 425. Amendments to Johnson Act.
Sec. 426. Transfer of Coast Guard property in Gosnold, Massachusetts.
Sec. 427. Transfer of Coast Guard property in New Shoreham, Rhode Island.
Sec. 428. Vessel deemed to be a recreational vessel.
Sec. 429. Requirement for procurement of buoy chain.
Sec. 430. Cruise vessel tort reform.
Sec. 431. Limitation on fees and charges with respect to ferries.
TITLE V—COAST GUARD REGULATORY REFORM
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Safety management.
Sec. 503. Use of reports, documents, records, and examinations of other per-
sons.
Sec. 504. Equipment approval.
Sec. 505. Frequency of inspection.
Sec. 506. Certificate of inspection.
Sec. 507. Delegation of authority of Secretary to classification societies.
TITLE VI—DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS
Sec. 601. Authority to issue coastwise endorsements.
Sec. 602. Vessel documentation for charity cruises.
Sec. 603. Extension of deadline for conversion of vessel M/V TWIN DRILL.
Sec. 604. Documentation of vessel RAINBOW’S END.
Sec. 605. Documentation of vessel GLEAM.
Sec. 606. Documentation of various vessels.
Sec. 607. Documentation of 4 barges.
Sec. 608. Limited waiver for ENCHANTED ISLE and ENCHANTED SEAS.
Sec. 609. Limited waiver for MV PLATTE.
TITLE VII—TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 701. Amendment of inland navigation rules.
Sec. 702. Measurement of vessels.
Sec. 703. Longshore and harbor workers compensation.
Sec. 704. Radiotelephone requirements.
Sec. 705. Vessel operating requirements.
Sec. 706. Merchant Marine Act, 1920.
Sec. 707. Merchant Marine Act, 1956.
Sec. 708. Maritime education and training.
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Sec. 709. General definitions.
Sec. 710. Authority to exempt certain vessels.
Sec. 711. Inspection of vessels.
Sec. 712. Regulations.
Sec. 713. Penalties—inspection of vessels.
Sec. 714. Application—tank vessels.
Sec. 715. Tank vessel construction standards.
Sec. 716. Tanker minimum standards.
Sec. 717. Self-propelled tank vessel minimum standards.
Sec. 718. Definition—abandonment of barges.
Sec. 719. Application—load lines.
Sec. 720. Licensing of individuals.
Sec. 721. Able seamen—limited.
Sec. 722. Able seamen—offshore supply vessels.
Sec. 723. Scale of employment—able seamen.
Sec. 724. General requirements—engine department.
Sec. 725. Complement of inspected vessels.
Sec. 726. Watchmen.
Sec. 727. Citizenship and naval reserve requirements.
Sec. 728. Watches.
Sec. 729. Minimum number of licensed individuals.
Sec. 730. Officers’ competency certificates convention.
Sec. 731. Merchant mariners’ documents required.
Sec. 732. Certain crew requirements.
Sec. 733. Freight vessels.
Sec. 734. Exemptions.
Sec. 735. United States registered pilot service.
Sec. 736. Definitions—merchant seamen protection.
Sec. 737. Application—foreign and intercoastal voyages.
Sec. 738. Application—coastwise voyages.
Sec. 739. Fishing agreements.
Sec. 740. Accommodations for seamen.
Sec. 741. Medicine chests.
Sec. 742. Logbook and entry requirements.
Sec. 743. Coastwise endorsements.
Sec. 744. Fishery endorsements.
Sec. 745. Clerical amendment.
Sec. 746. Repeal of Great Lakes endorsements.
Sec. 747. Convention tonnage for licenses, certificates, and documents.
TITLE VIII—COAST GUARD AUXILIARY AMENDMENTS
Sec. 801. Administration of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Sec. 802. Purpose of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Sec. 803. Members of the Auxiliary; status.
Sec. 804. Assignment and performance of duties.
Sec. 805. Cooperation with other agencies, States, territories, and political sub-
divisions.
Sec. 806. Vessel deemed public vessel.
Sec. 807. Aircraft deemed public aircraft.
Sec. 808. Disposal of certain material.
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TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for nec-
essary expenses of the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1996,
as follows:
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the
Coast Guard, $2,618,316,000, of which $25,000,000
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund.
(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, $428,200,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $32,500,000
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund to carry out the purposes of section
1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
(3) For research, development, test, and evalua-
tion of technologies, materials, and human factors
directly relating to improving the performance of the
Coast Guard’s mission in support of search and res-
cue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine envi-
ronmental protection, enforcement of laws and trea-
ties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and de-
fense readiness, $22,500,000, to remain available
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until expended, of which $3,150,000 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.
(4) For retired pay (including the payment of
obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropria-
tions for this purpose), payments under the Retired
Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Bene-
fit Plans, and payments for medical care of retired
personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of
title 10, United States Code, $582,022,000.
(5) For alteration or removal of bridges over
navigable waters of the United States constituting
obstructions to navigation, and for personnel and
administrative costs associated with the Bridge Al-
teration Program, $16,200,000, to remain available
until expended.
(6) For necessary expenses to carry out the
Coast Guard’s environmental compliance and res-
toration functions, other than parts and equipment
associated with operations and maintenance, under
chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, at Coast
Guard facilities, $25,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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SEC. 102. AUTHORIZED LEVELS OF MILITARY STRENGTH
AND TRAINING.
(a) ACTIVE DUTY STRENGTH.—The Coast Guard is
authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty person-
nel of 38,400 as of September 30, 1996.
(b) MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—For fis-
cal year 1996, the Coast Guard is authorized average mili-
tary training student loads as follows:
(1) For recruit and special training, 1604 stu-
dent years.
(2) For flight training, 85 student years.
(3) For professional training in military and
civilian institutions, 330 student years.
(4) For officer acquisition, 874 student years.
SEC. 103. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON DRUG INTERDICTION.
Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal
year quarter, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a
report on all expenditures related to drug interdiction ac-
tivities of the Coast Guard during that quarter.
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SEC. 104. ENSURING MARITIME SAFETY AFTER CLOSURE
OF SMALL BOAT STATION OR REDUCTION TO
SEASONAL STATUS.
(a) MARITIME SAFETY DETERMINATION.—None of
the funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act
may be used to close Coast Guard multimission small boat
stations unless the Secretary of Transportation deter-
mines that maritime safety will not be diminished by the
closures.
(b) TRANSITION PLAN REQUIRED.—None of the
funds appropriated under the authority of this Act may
be used to close or reduce to seasonal status a small boat
station, unless the Secretary of Transportation, in co-
operation with the community affected by the closure or
reduction, has developed and implemented a transition
plan to ensure that the maritime safety needs of the com-
munity will continue to be met.
TITLE II—PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT
SEC. 201. HURRICANE ANDREW RELIEF.
Section 2856 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484) applies
to the military personnel of the Coast Guard who were
assigned to, or employed at or in connection with, any
Federal facility or installation in the vicinity of Homestead
Air Force Base, Florida, including the areas of Broward,
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Collier, Dade, and Monroe Counties, on or before August
24, 1992, except that—
(1) funds available to the Coast Guard, not to
exceed a total of $25,000, shall be used; and
(2) the Secretary of Transportation shall ad-
minister that section with respect to Coast Guard
personnel.
SEC. 202. EXCLUDE CERTAIN RESERVES FROM END-OF-
YEAR STRENGTH.
Section 712 of title 14, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) Reserve members ordered to active duty under
this section shall not be counted in computing authorized
strength of members on active duty or members in grade
under this title or under any other law.’’.
SEC. 203. PROVISION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
Section 93 of title 14, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of
paragraph (t)(2), by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (u) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(v) make child development services available
to members of the armed forces and Federal civilian
employees under terms and conditions comparable to
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those under the Military Child Care Act of 1989 (10
U.S.C. 113 note).’’.
SEC. 204. ACCESS TO NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER INFOR-
MATION ON CERTAIN COAST GUARD PERSON-
NEL.
(a) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 14.—Section 93 of title
14, United States Code, as amended by section 203, is
further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the
end of paragraph (u);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (v) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(w) require that any officer, chief warrant offi-
cer, or enlisted member of the Coast Guard or Coast
Guard Reserve (including a cadet or an applicant for
appointment or enlistment to any of the foregoing
and any member of a uniformed service who is as-
signed to the Coast Guard) request that all informa-
tion contained in the National Driver Register per-
taining to the individual, as described in section
30304(a) of title 49, be made available to the Com-
mandant under section 30305(a) of title 49, may re-
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ceive that information, and upon receipt, shall make
the information available to the individual.’’.
(b) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 49.—Section 30305(b) of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by redesignating
paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and inserting after para-
graph (6) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) An individual who is an officer, chief warrant
officer, or enlisted member of the Coast Guard or Coast
Guard Reserve (including a cadet or an applicant for ap-
pointment or enlistment of any of the foregoing and any
member of a uniformed service who is assigned to the
Coast Guard) may request the chief driver licensing offi-
cial of a State to provide information about the individual
under subsection (a) of this section to the Commandant
of the Coast Guard. The Commandant may receive the
information and shall make the information available to
the individual. Information may not be obtained from the
Register under this paragraph if the information was en-
tered in the Register more than 3 years before the request,
unless the information is about a revocation or suspension
still in effect on the date of the request.’’.
SEC. 205. OFFICER RETENTION UNTIL RETIREMENT ELIGI-
BLE.
Section 283(b) of title 14, United States Code, is
amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’;
(2) by striking the last sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) Upon the completion of a term under paragraph
(1), an officer shall, unless selected for further continu-
ation—
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B),
be honorably discharged with severance pay com-
puted under section 286 of this title;
‘‘(B) in the case of an officer who has com-
pleted at least 18 years of active service on the date
of discharge under subparagraph (A), be retained on
active duty and retired on the last day of the month
in which the officer completes 20 years of active
service, unless earlier removed under another provi-
sion of law; or
‘‘(C) if, on the date specified for the officer’s
discharge in this section, the officer has completed
at least 20 years of active service or is eligible for
retirement under any law, be retired on that date.’’.
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TITLE III—NAVIGATION SAFETY
AND 
WATERWAY 
SERVICES
MANAGEMENT
SEC. 301. FOREIGN PASSENGER VESSEL USER FEES.
Section 3303 of title 46, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) Except
as’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b).
SEC. 302. FLORIDA AVENUE BRIDGE.
For purposes of the alteration of the Florida Avenue
Bridge (located approximately 1.63 miles east of the Mis-
sissippi River on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Orle-
ans Parish, Louisiana) ordered by the Secretary of Trans-
portation under the Act of June 21, 1940 (33 U.S.C. 511
et seq.; popularly known as the Truman-Hobbs Act), the
Secretary of Transportation shall treat the drainage si-
phon that is adjacent to the bridge as an appurtenance
of the bridge, including with respect to apportionment and
payment of costs for the removal of the drainage siphon
in accordance with that Act.
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SEC. 303. RENEWAL OF HOUSTON-GALVESTON NAVIGATION
SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERWAY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 (Public
Law 102–241, 105 Stat. 2208–2235) is amended—
(1) in section 18 by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(h) The Committee shall terminate on October 1,
2000.’’; and
(2) in section 19 by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(g) The Committee shall terminate on October 1,
2000.’’.
SEC. 304. RENEWAL OF THE NAVIGATION SAFETY ADVI-
SORY COUNCIL.
(a) RENEWAL.—Section 5(d) of the Inland Naviga-
tional Rules Act of 1980 (33 U.S.C. 2073) is amended
by striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘Septem-
ber 30, 2000’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The section heading
for section 5(d) of the Inland Navigational Rules Act of
1980 (33 U.S.C. 2073) is amended by striking ‘‘Rules of
the Road Advisory Council’’ and inserting ‘‘Navigation
Safety Advisory Council’’.
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SEC. 305. RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY
VESSEL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Subsection (e)(1) of section 4508 of title 46, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30,
1994’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2000’’.
SEC. 306. NONDISCLOSURE OF PORT SECURITY PLANS.
Section 7 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33
U.S.C. 1226), is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection (c):
‘‘(c) NONDISCLOSURE OF PORT SECURITY PLANS.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information
related to security plans, procedures, or programs for pas-
senger vessels or passenger terminals authorized under
this Act is not required to be disclosed to the public.’’.
SEC. 307. MARITIME DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PRO-
GRAM CIVIL PENALTY.
(a) PENALTY IMPOSED.—Chapter 21 of title 46,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘§ 2115. Civil penalty to enforce alcohol and dan-
gerous drug testing
‘‘Any person who fails to comply with or otherwise
violates the requirements prescribed by the Secretary
under this subtitle for chemical testing for dangerous
drugs or for evidence of alcohol use is liable to the United
States Government for a civil penalty of not more than
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$1,000 for each violation. Each day of a continuing viola-
tion shall constitute a separate violation.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 21 of title 46, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 2114 the following new item:
‘‘2115. Civil penalty to enforce alcohol and dangerous drug testing.’’.
SEC. 308. WITHHOLDING VESSEL CLEARANCE FOR VIOLA-
TION OF CERTAIN ACTS.
(a) TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 5122
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) WITHHOLDING
OF CLEARANCE.—(1) If any
owner, operator, or person in charge of a vessel is liable
for a civil penalty under section 5123 of this title or for
a fine under section 5124 of this title, or if reasonable
cause exists to believe that such owner, operator, or person
in charge may be subject to such a civil penalty or fine,
the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the request of the
Secretary, shall with respect to such vessel refuse or re-
voke any clearance required by section 4197 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 91).
‘‘(2) Clearance refused or revoked under this sub-
section may be granted upon the filing of a bond or other
surety satisfactory to the Secretary.’’.
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(b) PORT AND WATERWAYS SAFETY ACT.—Section
13(f) of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C.
1232(f)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) WITHHOLDING
OF CLEARANCE.—(1) If any
owner, operator, or person in charge of a vessel is liable
for a penalty or fine under this section, or if reasonable
cause exists to believe that the owner, operator, or person
in charge may be subject to a penalty or fine under this
section, the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the request
of the Secretary, shall with respect to such vessel refuse
or revoke any clearance required by section 4197 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C.
91).
‘‘(2) Clearance refused or revoked under this sub-
section may be granted upon filing of a bond or other sur-
ety satisfactory to the Secretary.’’.
(c) INLAND NAVIGATION RULES ACT OF 1980.—Sec-
tion 4(d) of the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980
(33 U.S.C. 2072(d)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) WITHHOLDING
OF CLEARANCE.—(1) If any
owner, operator, or person in charge of a vessel is liable
for a penalty under this section, or if reasonable cause
exists to believe that the owner, operator, or person in
charge may be subject to a penalty under this section, the
Secretary of the Treasury, upon the request of the Sec-
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retary, shall with respect to such vessel refuse or revoke
any clearance required by section 4197 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 91).
‘‘(2) Clearance or a permit refused or revoked under
this subsection may be granted upon filing of a bond or
other surety satisfactory to the Secretary.’’.
(d) TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section
3718(e) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(e)(1) If any owner, operator, or person in charge
of a vessel is liable for any penalty or fine under this sec-
tion, or if reasonable cause exists to believe that the
owner, operator, or person in charge may be subject to
any penalty or fine under this section, the Secretary of
the Treasury, upon the request of the Secretary, shall with
respect to such vessel refuse or revoke any clearance re-
quired by section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (46 U.S.C. App. 91).
‘‘(2) Clearance or a permit refused or revoked under
this subsection may be granted upon filing of a bond or
other surety satisfactory to the Secretary.’’.
SEC. 309. INCREASED CIVIL PENALTIES.
(a) PENALTY
FOR FAILURE TO REPORT
A CAS-
UALTY.—Section 6103(a) of title 46, United States Code,
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is amended by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not more
than $25,000’’.
(b) OPERATION OF UNINSPECTED VESSEL IN VIOLA-
TION
OF MANNING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 8906 of
title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than $25,000’’.
SEC. 310. AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE EMERGENCY POSITION
INDICATING RADIO BEACONS ON THE GREAT
LAKES.
Paragraph (7) of section 4502(a) of title 46, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or beyond three
nautical miles from the coastline of the Great Lakes’’ after
‘‘high seas’’.
SEC. 311. EXTENSION OF TOWING SAFETY ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE.
Subsection (e) of the Act to establish a Towing Safety
Advisory Committee in the Department of Transportation
(33 U.S.C. 1231a(e)), is amended by striking ‘‘September
30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2000’’.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 401. TRANSFER OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY IN TRA-
VERSE CITY, MICHIGAN.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation (or any other official having control over the prop-
erty described in subsection (b)) shall expeditiously convey
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to the Traverse City Area Public School District in Tra-
verse City, Michigan, without consideration, all right, title,
and interest of the United States in and to the property
described in subsection (b), subject to all easements and
other interests in the property held by any other person.
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property referred
to in subsection (a) is real property located in the city
of Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, and
consisting of that part of the southeast 1⁄4 of Section 12,
Township 27 North, Range 11 West, described as: Com-
mencing at the southeast 1⁄4 corner of said Section 12,
thence north 03 degrees 05 minutes 25 seconds east along
the East line of said Section, 1074.04 feet, thence north
86 degrees 36 minutes 50 seconds west 207.66 feet,
thence north 03 degrees 06 minutes 00 seconds east
572.83 feet to the point of beginning, thence north 86 de-
grees 54 minutes 00 seconds west 1,751.04 feet, thence
north 03 degrees 02 minutes 38 seconds east 330.09 feet,
thence north 24 degrees 04 minutes 40 seconds east
439.86 feet, thence south 86 degrees 56 minutes 15 sec-
onds east 116.62 feet, thence north 03 degrees 08 minutes
45 seconds east 200.00 feet, thence south 87 degrees 08
minutes 20 seconds east 68.52 feet, to the southerly right-
of-way of the C & O Railroad, thence south 65 degrees
54 minutes 20 seconds east along said right-of-way