I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5531 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to improve maritime transportation, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2016 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself and Mr. GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to improve maritime 
transportation, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments Act 
of 2016’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—POSITION, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
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Sec. 102. Backup global positioning system. 
TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Deadline for compliance with alternate safety compliance program. 
Sec. 202. Oil spill disbursements auditing and report. 
Sec. 203. Vessel ‘‘Apollonia’’. 
Sec. 204. Reimbursement for non-Federal construction costs of certain aids to 
navigation. 
TITLE I—POSITION, 
NAVIGATION, AND TIMING 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Positioning, 
Navigation, and Timing Resilience and Security Act of 
2016’’. 
SEC. 102. BACKUP GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle VIII of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘CHAPTER 807—POSITION, NAVIGATION, 
AND TIMING 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘80701. Land-based complementary and backup system. 
‘‘§ 80701. Land-based complementary and backup sys-
tem 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall pro-
vide for the establishment, sustainment, and operation of 
a reliable land-based positioning, navigation, and timing 
system to provide a complement to and backup for the 
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Global Positioning System (in this section referred to as 
‘GPS’) to ensure the availability of uncorrupted and non-
degraded positioning, navigation, and timing signals for 
military and civilian users in the event that GPS signals 
are corrupted, degraded, unreliable, or otherwise unavail-
able. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The system established under 
subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) be wireless; 
‘‘(2) be terrestrial; 
‘‘(3) provide wide-area coverage; 
‘‘(4) deliver a precise, high-power 100 kilohertz 
signal; 
‘‘(5) be synchronized with coordinated universal 
time; 
‘‘(6) be resilient and extremely difficult to dis-
rupt or degrade; 
‘‘(7) be able to penetrate underground and in-
side buildings; 
‘‘(8) be capable of ready deployment to remote 
locations; 
‘‘(9) take full advantage of the infrastructure of 
the existing, unused Government long-range naviga-
tion system (commonly known as ‘LORAN’); 
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‘‘(10) incorporate the expertise of the private 
sector with respect to development, building, and op-
eration; 
‘‘(11) work in concert with and complement any 
other similar positioning, navigation, and timing sys-
tems, including enhanced long-range navigation sys-
tems; 
‘‘(12) be available for use by Federal and non- 
Federal government agencies for public purposes at 
no cost; and 
‘‘(13) incorporate such other requirements de-
termined necessary by the Commandant. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this section, the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Transportation, shall provide to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan to en-
sure that the system required under this section is fully 
operational not later than 3 years after such date of enact-
ment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
title VIII of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
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adding after the item relating to chapter 805 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘807. Position, Navigation, and Timing ...................................80701’’. 
TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 201. DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALTERNATE 
SAFETY COMPLIANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 4503(d)(1) of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘After January 1, 2020,’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘the Secretary,’’ and inserting ‘‘For 
each of fishing vessels, fish processing vessels, and fish 
tender vessels, after the later of January 1, 2020, or the 
end of the 3-year period beginning on the date on which 
the Secretary prescribes an alternate safety compliance 
program developed in cooperation with the commercial 
fishing industry for such a vessel, such a vessel shall com-
ply with the applicable alternate safety compliance pro-
gram’’. 
SEC. 202. 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 
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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 disbursement of 
$500,000 or more from the Fund in the pre-
ceding fiscal year, including disbursements to 
Federal agencies; 
‘‘(B) a list of each disbursement of 
$500,000 or more from the Fund in the fiscal 
year preceding the preceding fiscal year that 
has not been reimbursed by a responsible party; 
and 
‘‘(C) a description of how each use of the 
Fund described in subparagraph (A) or (B) 
meets the requirements of subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 203. VESSEL ‘‘APOLLONIA’’. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating shall issue a certificate of documentation with a 
coastwise endorsement for the vessel Apollonia (United 
States official number 1266527). 
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SEC. 204. REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-FEDERAL CONSTRUC-
TION COSTS OF CERTAIN AIDS TO NAVIGA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations and in accordance with this section, the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard may reimburse a non-Fed-
eral entity for costs incurred by the entity for a covered 
project. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—The Commandant may not pro-
vide reimbursement under subsection (a) with respect to 
a covered project unless— 
(1) the need for the project is a result of the 
completion of construction with respect to a federally 
authorized navigation channel; 
(2) the Commandant determines, through an 
appropriate navigation safety analysis, that the 
project is necessary to ensure safe marine transpor-
tation; 
(3) the Commandant approves the design of the 
project to ensure that it meets all applicable Coast 
Guard aid to navigation standards and require-
ments; 
(4) the non-Federal entity agrees to transfer 
the project upon completion to the Coast Guard to 
be operated and maintained by the Coast Guard as 
a Federal aid to navigation; 
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