H. R. 889
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
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 purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation Act of 2006’’. 
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. Supplemental authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 104. Web-based risk management data system. 
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. Icebreakers. 
Sec. 211. Operation as a service in the Navy. 
Sec. 212. Limitation on moving assets to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. 
Sec. 213. Cooperative agreements. 
Sec. 214. Biodiesel feasibility study. 
Sec. 215. Boating safety director. 
Sec. 216. Hangar at Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point. 
Sec. 217. Promotion of Coast Guard officers. 
Sec. 218. Redesignation of Coast Guard law specialists as judge advocates. 
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. 
Sec. 305. Use of maritime safety and security teams. 
Sec. 306. Enhanced civil penalties for violations of provisions enacted by the Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004.
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Sec. 307. Training of cadets at United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
Sec. 308. Reports from mortgagees of vessels. 
Sec. 309. Determination of the Secretary. 
Sec. 310. Setting, relocating, and recovering anchors. 
Sec. 311. International tonnage measurement of vessels engaged in the Aleutian 
trade. 
Sec. 312. Riding gangs. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 401. Authorization of junior reserve officers training program pilot program. 
Sec. 402. Transfer. 
Sec. 403. LORAN–C. 
Sec. 404. Long-range vessel tracking system. 
Sec. 405. Marine vessel and cold water safety education. 
Sec. 406. Reports. 
Sec. 407. Conveyance of decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW. 
Sec. 408. Deepwater reports. 
Sec. 409. Helicopters. 
Sec. 410. Newtown Creek, New York City, New York. 
Sec. 411. Report on technology. 
Sec. 412. Assessment and planning. 
Sec. 413. Homeport. 
Sec. 414. Navigational safety of certain facilities. 
Sec. 415. Port Richmond. 
Sec. 416. Western Alaska community development quota program. 
Sec. 417. Quota share allocation. 
Sec. 418. Maine fish tender vessels. 
Sec. 419. Automatic identification system. 
Sec. 420. Voyage data recorder study and report. 
Sec. 421. Distant water tuna fleet. 
TITLE V—LIGHTHOUSES 
Sec. 501. Transfer. 
Sec. 502. Misty Fiords National Monument and Wilderness. 
Sec. 503. Miscellaneous Light Stations. 
Sec. 504. Inclusion of lighthouse in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. 
TITLE VI—DELAWARE RIVER PROTECTION AND MISCELLANEOUS OIL 
PROVISIONS 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Requirement to notify Coast Guard of release of objects into the navigable 
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. Assessment of oil spill costs. 
Sec. 607. Delaware River and Bay Oil Spill Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 608. Nontank vessels. 
TITLE VII—HURRICANE RESPONSE 
Sec. 701. Homeowners assistance for Coast Guard personnel affected by Hurricanes 
Katrina or Rita. 
Sec. 702. Temporary authorization to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of 
registry, and merchant mariners’ documents. 
Sec. 703. Temporary authorization to extend the duration of vessel certificates of 
inspection. 
Sec. 704. Preservation of leave lost due to Hurricane Katrina operations. 
Sec. 705. Reports on impact to Coast Guard. 
Sec. 706. Reports on impacts on navigable waterways. 
TITLE VIII—OCEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS 
Sec. 801. Implementation of international agreements. 
Sec. 802. Voluntary measures for reducing pollution from recreational boats. 
Sec. 803. Integration of vessel monitoring system data. 
Sec. 804. Foreign fishing incursions. 
TITLE IX—TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
Sec. 901. Miscellaneous technical corrections. 
Sec. 902. Correction of references to Secretary of Transportation and Department 
of Transportation; related matters.
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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, 
$5,633,900,000, of which $24,500,000 is authorized to 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 (33 U.S.C. 
2712(a)(5)). 
(2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and 
improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, 
vessels, and aircraft, including 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 Pollution Act of 1990, to remain avail-
able until expended; 
(B) $1,316,300,000 is authorized for acquisition and 
construction of shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and 
aircraft, including equipment related thereto, and other 
activities that constitute the Integrated Deepwater Sys-
tems; and 
(C) $284,369,000 is authorized for sustainment of 
legacy vessels and aircraft, including equipment related 
thereto, and other activities that constitute the Integrated 
Deepwater Systems. 
(3) To the Commandant of the Coast Guard for research, 
development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, 
and human factors directly relating to improving the perform-
ance of the Coast Guard’s mission in search and rescue, aids 
to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, 
enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic 
research, and defense readiness, $24,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $3,500,000 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. 
(4) For retired pay (including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose), 
payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection 
and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical care 
of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 
of title 10, United States Code, $1,014,080,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
(5) For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable 
waters of the United States constituting obstructions to naviga-
tion, and for personnel and administrative costs associated 
with the Bridge Alteration Program, $38,400,000. 
(6) For environmental compliance and restoration at Coast 
Guard facilities (other than parts and equipment associated 
with operation and maintenance), $12,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
(7) For the Coast Guard Reserve program, including per-
sonnel 
and 
training 
costs, 
equipment, 
and 
services, 
$119,000,000.
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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 personnel of 45,500 for the 
fiscal year ending on September 30, 2006. 
(b) MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—For fiscal year 2006, 
the Coast Guard is authorized average military training student 
loads as follows: 
(1) For recruit and special training, 2,500 student years. 
(2) For flight training, 125 student years. 
(3) For professional training in military and civilian institu-
tions, 350 student years. 
(4) For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years. 
SEC. 103. SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts provided to the Coast Guard from another Federal agency 
for reimbursement of expenditures for Hurricane Katrina, there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating the following amounts for 
nonreimbursed expenditures: 
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard 
in responding to Hurricane Katrina, including search and 
rescue efforts, clearing channels, and emergency response to 
oil and chemical spills, and for increased costs of operation 
and maintenance of the Coast Guard due to higher than 
expected fuel costs, $300,000,000. 
(2) For the acquisition, construction, renovation, and 
improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, 
and vessels and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, 
related to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, $200,000,000. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION
WITH
OTHER
FUNDING.—The amounts 
authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) are in addition 
to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating under 
any other provision of law. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made available under sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 104. WEB-BASED RISK MANAGEMENT DATA SYSTEM. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2006 and 2007 to the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating $1,000,000 to continue deployment of 
a World Wide Web-based risk management system to help reduce 
accidents and fatalities. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF COAST GUARD VESSEL ANCHORAGE AND 
MOVEMENT AUTHORITY. 
Section 91 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) As used in this section ‘navigable waters of the United 
States’ includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United 
States as described in Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of 
December 27, 1988.’’.