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SEC. 5506. TOWING SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FEES. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall— 
(1) review and compare the costs to the Govern-
ment of— 
(A) towing vessel inspections performed by 
the Coast Guard; and 
(B) such inspections performed by a third 
party; and 
(2) based on such review and comparison, de-
termine whether the costs to the Government of 
such inspections performed by a third party are dif-
ferent than the costs to the Government of such in-
spections performed by the Coast Guard. 
(b) REVISION OF FEES.—If the Commandant deter-
mines under subsection (a) that the costs to the Govern-
ment of such inspections performed by a third party are 
different than the costs to the Government of such inspec-
tions performed by the Coast Guard, then the Com-
mandant shall revise the fee assessed by the Coast Guard 
for such inspections as necessary to conform to the re-
quirements under section 9701 of title 31, United States 
Code, that such fee be based on the cost to the Govern-
ment of such inspections and accurately reflect such costs.
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SEC. 5507. OIL SPILL DISBURSEMENTS AUDITING AND RE-
PORT. 
Section 1012 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2712) is amended— 
(1) by repealing subsection (g); 
(2) in subsection (l)(1), by striking ‘‘Within one 
year after the date of enactment of the Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2010, and annually thereafter,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Each year, on the date on which the 
President submits to Congress a budget under sec-
tion 1105 of title 31, United States Code,’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (l)(2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 
‘‘(A) a list of each incident that— 
‘‘(i) occurred in the preceding fiscal 
year; and 
‘‘(ii) resulted in disbursements from 
the Fund, for removal costs and damages, 
totaling $500,000 or more; 
‘‘(B) a list of each incident that— 
‘‘(i) occurred in the fiscal year pre-
ceding the preceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) resulted in disbursements from 
the Fund, for removal costs and damages, 
totaling $500,000 or more; and
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‘‘(C) an accounting of any amounts reim-
bursed to the Fund in the preceding fiscal year 
that were recovered from a responsible party 
for an incident that resulted in disbursements 
from the Fund, for removal costs and damages, 
totaling $500,000 or more.’’. 
SEC. 5508. LAND EXCHANGE, AYAKULIK ISLAND, ALASKA. 
(a) LAND EXCHANGE.—If the owner of Ayakulik Is-
land, Alaska, offers to exchange the Island for the Tract— 
(1) within 30 days after receiving such offer, 
the Secretary shall provide notice of the offer to the 
Commandant; 
(2) within 90 days after receiving the notice 
under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall develop 
and transmit to the Secretary proposed operational 
restrictions on commercial activity conducted on the 
Tract, including the right of the Commandant to— 
(A) order the immediate termination, for a 
period of up to 72 hours, of any activity occur-
ring on or from the Tract that violates or 
threatens to violate one or more of such restric-
tions; or 
(B) commence a civil action for appro-
priate relief, including a permanent or tem-
porary injunction enjoining the activity that vio-
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lates or threatens to violate such restrictions; 
and 
(3) within 90 days after receiving the proposed 
operational restrictions from the Commandant, the 
Secretary shall transmit such restrictions to the 
owner of Ayakulik Island; and 
(4) within 30 days after transmitting the pro-
posed operational restrictions to the owner of 
Ayakulik Island, and if the owner agrees to such re-
strictions, the Secretary shall convey all right, title 
and interest of the United States in and to the 
Tract to the owner, subject to an easement granted 
to the Commandant to enforce such restrictions, in 
exchange for all right, title and interest of such 
owner in and to Ayakulik Island. 
(b) BOUNDARY
REVISIONS.—The Secretary may 
make technical and conforming revisions to the boundaries 
of the Tract before the date of the exchange. 
(c) PUBLIC LAND ORDER.—Effective on the date of 
an exchange under subsection (a), Public Land Order 
5550 shall have no force or effect with respect to sub-
merged lands that are part of the Tract. 
(d) FAILURE TO TIMELY RESPOND TO NOTICE.—If 
the Commandant does not transmit proposed operational 
restrictions to the Secretary within 30 days after receiving
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the notice under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall, by 
not later than 60 days after transmitting such notice, con-
vey all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
and to the Tract to the owner of Ayakulik Island in ex-
change for all right, title, and interest of such owner in 
and to Ayakulik Island. 
(e) CERCLA NOT AFFECTED.—This section and an 
exchange under this section shall not be construed to limit 
the application of or otherwise affect section 120(h) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMANDANT.—The term ‘‘Commandant’’ 
means the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating, acting through the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) TRACT.—The term ‘‘Tract’’ means the land 
(including submerged land) depicted as ‘‘PRO-
POSED PROPERTY EXCHANGE AREA’’ on the 
survey 
titled 
‘‘PROPOSED 
PROPERTY 
EX-
CHANGE PARCEL’’ and dated 3/22/17.
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SEC. 5509. VESSEL RESPONSE PLANS IN THE ARCTIC RE-
PORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the oil spill prevention and re-
sponse capabilities available for the area covered by the 
Captain of the Port Zone, as established by the Secretary, 
that includes the Arctic (as defined in section 112 of the 
Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 
4111)). The report shall include— 
(1) a description of equipment and assets avail-
able for response under the vessel response plans ap-
proved for vessels operating in the area covered by 
such Captain of the Port Zone; 
(2) a description of the locations of such equip-
ment and assets, including an estimate of the time 
necessary to deploy such equipment and assets; 
(3) a determination regarding how effectively 
such equipment and assets are distributed through-
out such Captain of the Port Zone; 
(4) a determination regarding whether the abil-
ity to deploy such equipment and assets is taken
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into account when measuring the equipment and as-
sets available; 
(5) a validation of the port assessment visit 
process and a verification of the response resource 
inventory; and 
(6) a description of the resources needed by the 
Coast Guard to conduct port assessments, exercises, 
response plan review, and spill responses in such 
Captain of the Port Zone. 
SEC. 5510. ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ADDI-
TIONAL 
ANCHORAGES 
ON 
THE 
HUDSON 
RIVER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of 
the Coast Guard shall— 
(1) assess the public comments received by the 
Coast Guard on proposals to establish additional an-
chorages on the Hudson River between Yonkers, 
New York, and Kingston, New York; and 
(2) 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 such as-
sessment, including—
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(A) a detailed summary of concerns raised 
in such comments about the economic, safety, 
and environmental impacts of such additional 
anchorages on the communities bordering the 
Hudson River between Yonkers, New York, and 
Kingston, New York, including impacts of such 
anchorage grounds to sites listed on the Na-
tional Priorities List under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) 
and areas designated as critical habitat of spe-
cies listed as endangered species under the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.); and 
(B) the response of the Coast Guard to 
such concerns. 
(b) RESTRICTION.—The Commandant may not es-
tablish any of the anchorages described in subsection (a) 
before the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date 
of the submission of the report under subsection (a)(2). 
SEC. 5511. PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS AND MARI-
TIME SEARCH AND RESCUE COORDINATION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act—
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(1) the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating acting through the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard shall review Coast 
Guard policies and procedures for public safety an-
swering points and search-and-rescue coordination 
with State and local law enforcement entities in 
order to— 
(A) further minimize the possibility of 
maritime 911 calls being improperly routed; 
and 
(B) assure the Coast Guard is able to ef-
fectively carry out the Coast Guard’s maritime 
search and rescue mission; and 
(2) the Commandant shall formulate a national 
maritime public safety answering points policy and 
submit a report to the Congress on that subject. 
SEC. 5512. DOCUMENTATION OF ‘‘AMERICA’S FINEST’’. 
Notwithstanding sections 12112 and 12113 of title 
46, United States Code, the Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue a certifi-
cate of documentation with a coastwise and a fishery en-
dorsement for the vessel America’s Finest (United States 
official number 1276760).
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DIVISION 
F—FEDERAL 
EMER-
GENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CY (FEMA) 
SEC. 6001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘FEMA Reauthor-
ization Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 6002. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AGENCY. 
Section 699 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Manage-
ment Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 6 U.S.C. 
811) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘administration and operations’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘management 
and administration’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2018, $1,049,000,000; 
‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2019, $1,065,784,000; and 
‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2020, $1,082,836,544.’’. 
SEC. 6003. COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF DISASTER COSTS 
AND LOSSES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
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begin, acting through the National Advisory Council, a 
comprehensive study relating to disaster costs and losses 
and Federal disaster assistance. 
(b) ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIP.—For the purposes of 
the comprehensive study required under subsection (a), as 
soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator shall appoint the following members to 
the National Advisory Council: 
(1) Individuals who have the requisite technical 
knowledge and expertise on issues related to disaster 
costs and losses. 
(2) Representatives of the insurance industry. 
(3) Experts in and representatives of the con-
struction and building industry. 
(4) Individuals nominated by national organiza-
tions representing State, local, and Tribal govern-
ments and personnel. 
(5) Academic experts. 
(6) Representatives of the private industry, 
such as vendors, developers, and manufacturers of 
systems, facilities, equipment, and capabilities for 
emergency management services. 
(7) Other members, as the Administrator con-
siders appropriate.
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(c) CONSULTATION WITH NONMEMBERS.—For the 
purposes of the comprehensive study required under sub-
section (a), the National Advisory Council shall consult 
with other relevant agencies and entities that are not rep-
resented on the National Advisory Council to consider re-
search, data, findings, recommendations, innovative tech-
nologies, and developments, including— 
(1) entities engaged in federally funded re-
search; and 
(2) academic institutions engaged in relevant 
work and research. 
(d) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the National 
Advisory Council shall convene to evaluate disaster costs 
and losses and Federal disaster assistance, including con-
sideration of the following: 
(1) TRENDS AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.— 
An assessment of trends, and factors contributing to 
such trends (such as shifting demographics and 
aging infrastructure), in disaster costs and losses 
and Federal disaster assistance, including the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Loss of life and injury.