a replacement vessel under paragraph (1) if the 
vessel that is replaced is validly documented 
with a fishery endorsement pursuant to section 
203(g) or 213(g) before the replacement vessel 
is documented with a fishery endorsement 
under section 12113 of title 46, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—A replacement ves-
sel under subparagraph (A) and its owner and 
mortgagee are subject to the same limitations 
under section 203(g) or 213(g) that are appli-
cable to the vessel that has been replaced and 
its owner and mortgagee. 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN CATCHER 
VESSELS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A replacement for a 
covered vessel described in subparagraph (B) is 
prohibited from harvesting fish in any fishery 
(except for the Pacific whiting fishery) managed 
under the authority of any regional fishery 
management council (other than the North Pa-
cific Council) established under section 302(a) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. 
‘‘(B) COVERED VESSELS.—A covered ves-
sel referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 
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‘‘(i) a vessel eligible under subsection 
(a), (b), or (c) that is replaced under para-
graph (1); or 
‘‘(ii) a vessel eligible under subsection 
(a), (b), or (c) that is rebuilt to increase 
its registered length, gross tonnage, or 
shaft horsepower. 
‘‘(5) 
LIMITATION
ON
FISHERY
ENDORSE-
MENTS.—Any vessel that is replaced under this sub-
section shall thereafter not be eligible for a fishery 
endorsement under section 12113 of title 46, United 
States Code, unless that vessel is also a replacement 
vessel described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(6) GULF OF ALASKA LIMITATION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the Secretary shall prohibit 
from participation in the groundfish fisheries of the 
Gulf of Alaska any vessel that is rebuilt or replaced 
under this subsection and that exceeds the maximum 
length overall specified on the license that authorizes 
fishing for groundfish pursuant to the license limita-
tion program under part 679 of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of en-
actment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2007. 
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‘‘(7) AUTHORITY OF PACIFIC COUNCIL.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to diminish or 
otherwise affect the authority of the Pacific Council 
to recommend to the Secretary conservation and 
management measures to protect fisheries under its 
jurisdiction (including the Pacific whiting fishery) 
and participants in such fisheries from adverse im-
pacts caused by this Act.’’. 
(2) EXEMPTION
OF
CERTAIN
VESSELS.—Sec-
tion 203(g) of the American Fisheries Act (title II 
of division C of Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 
2681–620) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘(United 
States official number 651041)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘, NORTHERN TRAV-
ELER (United States official number 635986), 
and NORTHERN VOYAGER (United States 
official number 637398) (or a replacement ves-
sel for the NORTHERN VOYAGER that com-
plies with paragraphs (2), (5), and (6) of sec-
tion 208(g) of this Act)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘, in the case of the 
NORTHERN’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘PHOENIX,’’. 
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(3) 
FISHERY
COOPERATIVE
EXIT
PROVI-
SIONS.—Section 210(b) of the American Fisheries 
Act (title II of division C of Public Law 105–277; 
112 Stat. 2681–629) is amended— 
(A) by moving the matter beginning with 
‘‘the Secretary shall’’ in paragraph (1) 2 ems to 
the right; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) FISHERY
COOPERATIVE
EXIT
PROVI-
SIONS.— 
‘‘(A) FISHING
ALLOWANCE
DETERMINA-
TION.—For purposes of determining the aggre-
gate percentage of directed fishing allowances 
under paragraph (1), when a catcher vessel is 
removed from the directed pollock fishery, the 
fishery allowance for pollock for the vessel being 
removed— 
‘‘(i) shall be based on the catch his-
tory determination for the vessel made 
pursuant to section 679.62 of title 50, 
Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on the date of enactment of the Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2007; and 
‘‘(ii) shall be assigned, for all pur-
poses under this title, in the manner speci-
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fied by the owner of the vessel being re-
moved to any other catcher vessel or 
among other catcher vessels participating 
in the fishery cooperative if such vessel or 
vessels remain in the fishery cooperative 
for at least one year after the date on 
which the vessel being removed leaves the 
directed pollock fishery. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY FOR FISHERY ENDORSE-
MENT.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), a vessel that is removed pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be permanently ineligible for a 
fishery endorsement, and any claim (including 
relating to catch history) associated with such 
vessel that could qualify any owner of such ves-
sel for any permit to participate in any fishery 
within the exclusive economic zone of the 
United States shall be extinguished, unless such 
removed vessel is thereafter designated to re-
place a vessel to be removed pursuant to this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATIONS
ON
STATUTORY
CON-
STRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph shall 
be construed— 
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‘‘(i) to make the vessels AJ (United 
States official number 905625), DONA 
MARTITA (United States official number 
651751), NORDIC EXPLORER (United 
States 
official 
number 
678234), 
and 
PROVIDIAN (United States official num-
ber 1062183) ineligible for a fishery en-
dorsement or any permit necessary to par-
ticipate in any fishery under the authority 
of the New England Fishery Management 
Council or the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Man-
agement Council established, respectively, 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sec-
tion 302(a)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act; or 
‘‘(ii) to allow the vessels referred to in 
clause (i) to participate in any fishery 
under the authority of the Councils re-
ferred to in clause (i) in any manner that 
is not consistent with the fishery manage-
ment plan for the fishery developed by the 
Councils under section 303 of the Magnu-
son-Stevens Act.’’. 
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SEC. 302. GOODS AND SERVICES. 
Section 4(b) of the Act of July 5, 1884, commonly 
known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 
1884 (33 U.S.C. 5(b)), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2)(C); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) sales taxes on goods and services provided 
to or by vessels or watercraft (other than vessels or 
watercraft primarily engaged in foreign com-
merce).’’. 
SEC. 303. SEAWARD EXTENSION OF ANCHORAGE GROUNDS 
JURISDICTION. 
Section 7 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations 
Act of 1915 (33 U.S.C. 471) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before ‘‘The’’ the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’. 
(2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para-
graph (1)) by striking ‘‘$100; and the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘up to $10,000. Each day during which a viola-
tion continues shall constitute a separate violation. 
The’’; 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section ‘navigable 
waters of the United States’ includes all waters of the ter-
ritorial sea of the United States as described in Presi-
dential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988.’’. 
SEC. 304. MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT 
AMENDMENT-SIMPLE POSSESSION. 
Section 70506 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) SIMPLE POSSESSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any individual on a vessel 
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States who 
is found by the Secretary, after notice and an oppor-
tunity for a hearing, to have knowingly or inten-
tionally possessed a controlled substance within the 
meaning of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 812) shall be liable to the United States for 
a civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for each vio-
lation. The Secretary shall notify the individual in 
writing of the amount of the civil penalty. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—In deter-
mining the amount of the penalty, the Secretary 
shall consider the nature, circumstances, extent, and 
gravity of the prohibited acts committed and, with 
respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any 
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history of prior offenses, ability to pay, and other 
matters that justice requires. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF CIVIL PENALTY ASSESS-
MENT.—Assessment of a civil penalty under this 
subsection shall not be considered a conviction for 
purposes of State or Federal law but may be consid-
ered proof of possession if such a determination is 
relevant.’’. 
SEC. 305. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TONNAGE MEAS-
UREMENT LAW. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 14101(4) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘engaged’’ the first place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘that engages’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘arriving’’ 
and inserting ‘‘that arrives’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘making’’ and inserting 
‘‘that makes’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(except a foreign vessel 
engaged on that voyage)’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘depart-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘that departs’’; and 
(5) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘making’’ 
and inserting ‘‘that makes’’. 
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(b) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 14103(c) 
of that title is amended by striking ‘‘intended to be en-
gaged on’’ and inserting ‘‘that engages on’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—Section 14301 of that title is 
amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this 
chapter applies to any vessel for which the application of 
an international agreement or other law of the United 
States to the vessel depends on the vessel’s tonnage.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, unless the gov-
ernment of the country to which the vessel be-
longs elects to measure the vessel under this 
chapter.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘of 
United States or Canadian registry or nation-
ality, or a vessel operated under the authority 
of the United States or Canada, and that is’’ 
after ‘‘vessel’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a vessel 
(except a vessel engaged’’ and inserting ‘‘a ves-
sel of United States registry or nationality, or 
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one operated under the authority of the United 
States (except a vessel that engages’’; 
(D) by striking paragraph (5); 
(E) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(F) by amending paragraph (5), as so re-
designated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) a barge of United States registry or na-
tionality, or a barge operated under the authority of 
the United States (except a barge that engages on 
a foreign voyage) unless the owner requests.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (c); 
(4) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(5) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘After July 18, 1994, an existing vessel (except 
an existing vessel referred to in subsection (b)(5)(A) 
or (B) of this section)’’ and inserting ‘‘An existing 
vessel that has not undergone a change that the Sec-
retary finds substantially affects the vessel’s gross 
tonnage (or a vessel to which IMO Resolutions 
A.494 (XII) of November 19, 1981, A.540 (XIII) of 
November 17, 1983, or A.541 (XIII) of November 
17, 1983 apply)’’. 
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(d) MEASUREMENT.—Section 14302(b) of that title 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) A vessel measured under this chapter may not 
be required to be measured under another law.’’. 
(e) TONNAGE CERTIFICATE.— 
(1) ISSUANCE.—Section 14303 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘For a vessel to which the Con-
vention does not apply, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe a certificate to be issued as evidence of 
a vessel’s measurement under this chapter.’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘issued 
under this section’’ after ‘‘certificate’’; and 
(C) in the section heading by striking 
‘‘International’’ and ‘‘(1969)’’. 
(2) MAINTENANCE.—Section 14503 of that title 
is amended— 
(A) by designating the existing text as sub-
section (a); and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) The certificate shall be maintained as required 
by the Secretary.’’. 
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(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis at 
the beginning of chapter 143 of that title is amend-
ed by striking the item relating to section 14303 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘14303. Tonnage Certificate.’’. 
(f) OPTIONAL REGULATORY MEASUREMENT.—Sec-
tion 14305(a) of that title is amended by striking ‘‘docu-
mented vessel measured under this chapter,’’ and inserting 
‘‘vessel measured under this chapter that is of United 
States registry or nationality, or a vessel operated under 
the authority of the United States,’’. 
(g) APPLICATION.—Section 14501 of that title is 
amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) A vessel not measured under chapter 143 
of this title if the application of an international 
agreement or other law of the United States to the 
vessel depends on the vessel’s tonnage.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a vessel’’ and 
inserting ‘‘A vessel’’. 
(h) 
DUAL
TONNAGE
MEASUREMENT.—Section 
14513(c) of that title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘vessel’s tonnage mark is 
below the uppermost part of the load line 
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marks,’’ and inserting ‘‘vessel is assigned two 
sets of gross and net tonnages under this sec-
tion,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘vessel’s tonnage’’ before 
‘‘mark’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘as assigned under this sec-
tion.’’. 
(i) RECIPROCITY
FOR FOREIGN VESSELS.—Sub-
chapter II of chapter 145 of that title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 14514. Reciprocity for foreign vessels 
‘‘For a foreign vessel not measured under chapter 
143, if the Secretary finds that the laws and regulations 
of a foreign country related to measurement of vessels are 
substantially similar to those of this chapter and the regu-
lations prescribed under this chapter, the Secretary may 
accept the measurement and certificate of a vessel of that 
foreign country as complying with this chapter and the 
regulations prescribed under this chapter.’’. 
(j) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
chapter II of chapter 145 of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘14514. Reciprocity for foreign vessels.’’. 
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SEC. 306. SEAMEN’S SHORESIDE ACCESS. 
Each facility security plan approved under section 
70103(c) of title 46, United States Code, shall provide a 
system for seamen assigned to a vessel at that facility, 
pilots, and representatives of seamen’s welfare and labor 
organizations to board and depart the vessel through the 
facility in a timely manner at no cost to the individual. 
SEC. 307. FISHING VESSEL SAFETY. 
(a) SAFETY STANDARDS.—Section 4502 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by— 
(A) striking paragraphs (6) and (7) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(6) other equipment required to minimize the 
risk of injury to the crew during vessel operations, 
if the Secretary determines that a risk of serious in-
jury exists that can be eliminated or mitigated by 
that equipment; and’’; and 
(B) redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (7); 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘docu-
mented’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the 
Boundary Line’’ and inserting ‘‘3 nautical miles 
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from the baseline from which the territorial sea 
of the United States is measured or beyond 3 
nautical miles from the coastline of the Great 
Lakes’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘life-
boats or liferafts’’ and inserting ‘‘a survival 
craft that ensures that no part of an individual 
is immersed in water’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2)(D), by inserting 
‘‘marine’’ before ‘‘radio’’; 
(E) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking 
‘‘radar reflectors, nautical charts, and anchors’’ 
and inserting ‘‘nautical charts, and publica-
tions’’; 
(F) in paragraph (2)(F), by striking ‘‘, in-
cluding medicine chests’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
medical supplies sufficient for the size and area 
of operation of the vessel;’’ and 
(G) by amending subparagraph (G) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(G) ground tackle sufficient for the ves-
sel.’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(f) To ensure compliance with the requirements of 
this chapter, the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) shall require the individual in charge of a 
vessel described in subsection (b) to keep a record 
of equipment maintenance, and required instruction 
and drills; and 
‘‘(2) shall examine at dockside a vessel de-
scribed in subsection (b) at least twice every 5 years, 
and shall issue a certificate of compliance to a vessel 
meeting the requirements of this chapter.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) The individual in charge of a vessel described 
in subsection (b) must pass a training program approved 
by the Secretary that meets the requirements in para-
graph (2) of this subsection and hold a valid certificate 
issued under that program. 
‘‘(2) The training program shall— 
‘‘(A) be based on professional knowledge and 
skill obtained through sea service and hands-on 
training, including training in seamanship, stability, 
collision prevention, navigation, fire fighting and 
prevention, damage control, personal survival, emer-
gency medical care, and weather; 
‘‘(B) require an individual to demonstrate abil-
ity to communicate in an emergency situation and 
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understand information found in navigation publica-
tions; 
‘‘(C) recognize and give credit for recent past 
experience in fishing vessel operation; and 
‘‘(D) provide for issuance of a certificate to an 
individual that has successfully completed the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations imple-
menting this subsection. The regulations shall require that 
individuals who are issued a certificate under paragraph 
(2)(D) must complete refresher training at least once 
every 5 years as a condition of maintaining the validity 
of the certificate. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall establish a publicly acces-
sible electronic database listing the names of individuals 
who have participated in and received a certificate con-
firming successful completion of a training program ap-
proved by the Secretary under this section. 
‘‘(h) A vessel to which this chapter applies shall be 
constructed in a manner that provides a level of safety 
equivalent to the minimum safety standards the Secretary 
may established for recreational vessels under section 
4302, if— 
‘‘(1) subsection (b) of this section applies to the 
vessel; 
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