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Sec. 211. Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 212. Reserve commissioned warrant officer to lieutenant 
program. 
Sec. 213. Enhanced status quo officer promotion system. 
Sec. 214. Laser Training System. 
Sec. 215. Coast Guard vessels and aircraft. 
Sec. 216. Coast Guard District Ombudsmen. 
TITLE III—SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION 
Sec. 301. Vessel size limits. 
Sec. 302. Goods and services. 
Sec. 303. Seaward extension of anchorage grounds jurisdiction. 
Sec. 304. Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act amendment-sim-
ple possession. 
Sec. 305. Technical amendments to tonnage measurement law. 
Sec. 306. Access for seamen. 
Sec. 307. Fishing vessel safety. 
Sec. 308. Mariner records. 
Sec. 309. Deletion of exemption of license requirement for opera-
tors of certain towing vessels. 
Sec. 310. Adjustment of liability limits for natural gas deep-
water ports. 
Sec. 311. Period of limitations for claims against Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund. 
Sec. 312. Log books. 
Sec. 313. Unsafe operation. 
Sec. 314. Approval of survival craft. 
Sec. 315. Safety management. 
Sec. 316. Protection against discrimination. 
Sec. 317. Dry bulk cargo residue. 
Sec. 318. Clarification of delegation of authority to classifica-
tion societies. 
Sec. 319. Registry endorsement for LNG vessels. 
Sec. 320. Oaths. 
Sec. 321. Duration of credentials. 
Sec. 322. Fingerprinting. 
Sec. 323. Authorization to extend the duration of licenses, cer-
tificates of registry, and merchant mariners’ docu-
ments. 
Sec. 324. Merchant mariner documentation. 
Sec. 325. Merchant mariner assistance report. 
Sec. 326. Merchant mariner shortage report. 
Sec. 327. Merchant mariner document standards. 
Sec. 328. Waterside security around liquefied natural gas termi-
nals and liquefied natural gas tankers. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Certificate of documentation for GALLANT LADY. 
Sec. 402. Waiver. 
Sec. 403. Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute. 
Sec. 404. Conveyance. 
Sec. 405. Crew wages on passenger vessels. 
Sec. 406. Technical corrections. 
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Sec. 407. Conveyance of decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter 
STORIS. 
Sec. 408. Repeal of requirement of license for employment in the 
business of salvaging on the coast of Florida. 
Sec. 409. Right-of-first-refusal for Coast Guard property on Ju-
piter Island, Florida. 
Sec. 410. Conveyance of Coast Guard HU–25 Falcon Jet aircraft. 
Sec. 411. Conveyance of a Coast Guard vessel. 
Sec. 412. Conveyance of a Coast Guard vessel. 
Sec. 413. Conveyance of a Coast Guard vessel. 
Sec. 414. Decommissioned Coast Guard vessels for Haiti. 
Sec. 415. Extension of period of operation of vessel for setting, 
relocation, or recovery of anchors or other moor-
ing equipment. 
Sec. 416. Vessel traffic risk assessments. 
Sec. 417. Vessel MARYLAND INDEPENDENCE. 
Sec. 418. Study of relocation of Coast Guard Sector Buffalo fa-
cilities. 
Sec. 419. Coast Guard assets for United States Virgin Islands. 
TITLE V—BALLAST WATER TREATMENT 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Declaration of goals and purposes. 
Sec. 503. Ballast water management. 
Sec. 504. National ballast water management information. 
Sec. 505. Ballast water management evaluation and demonstra-
tion program. 
Sec. 506. Rapid response plan. 
Sec. 507. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VI—ALIEN SMUGGLING 
Sec. 601. Maritime law enforcement. 
Sec. 602. Amendment to the sentencing guidelines. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS HOMELAND SECURITY 
PROVISIONS 
Sec. 701. Maritime homeland security public awareness pro-
gram. 
Sec. 702. Transportation Worker Identification Credential. 
Sec. 703. Study to identify redundant background records 
checks. 
Sec. 704. Review of interacency operational centers. 
Sec. 705. Maritime security response teams. 
Sec. 706. Coast Guard detection canine team program expan-
sion. 
Sec. 707. Coast Guard port assistance program. 
Sec. 708. Homeland security impact review of liquefied natural 
gas facilities. 
Sec. 709. Maritime biometric identification. 
Sec. 710. Review of potential threats. 
Sec. 711. Port security pilot. 
Sec. 712. Advance notice of port arrival of significant or fatal 
incidents involving U.S. persons. 
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Sec. 713. Safety and security assistance for foreign ports. 
Sec. 714.
Seasonal workers. 
Sec. 715. Comparative risk assessment of vessel-based and facil-
ity-based liquefied natural gas regasification 
processes. 
Sec. 716. Savings clause. 
TITLE VIII—COAST GUARD INTEGRATED DEEPWATER 
PROGRAM 
Sec. 801. Short title. 
Sec. 802. Implementation of Coast Guard Integrated Deepwater 
Acquisition Program. 
Sec. 803. Chief Acquisition Officer. 
Sec. 804. Testing and certification. 
Sec. 805. National Security Cutters. 
Sec. 806. Miscellaneous reports. 
Sec. 807. Use of the Naval Sea Systems Command, the Naval Air 
Systems Command, and the Space and Naval War-
fare Systems Command to assist the Coast Guard 
in exercising technical authority for the Deep-
water Program and other Coast Guard acquisition 
programs. 
Sec. 808. Definitions. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2008 for necessary expenses of 
the Coast Guard as follows: 
(1) For the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, $5,965,742,000, 
of which— 
(A) $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 Pollu-
tion Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); 
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(B) not less than $631,000,000 
shall be available for paying for 
search and rescue programs; 
(C) not less than $527,000,000 
shall be available for paying for ma-
rine safety programs; and 
(D) not less than $80,500,000 shall 
be available only for paying for oper-
ating expenses of the Integrated Deep-
water System program. 
(2) For the acquisition, construction, 
rebuilding, and improvement of aids to 
navigation, shore and offshore facilities, 
vessels, and aircraft, including equipment 
related thereto, $1,234,774,000, of which— 
(A) $20,000,000 shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund to carry out the purposes of sec-
tion 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990, to remain available until ex-
pended; 
(B) $1,065,872,000 is authorized 
for the Integrated Deepwater System 
Program; and 
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(C) $44,597,000 is authorized for 
shore facilities and aids to naviga-
tion. 
(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 performance 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, oceano-
graphic research, and defense readiness, 
$18,583,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $2,000,000 shall be de-
rived 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 pay-
ment of obligations otherwise chargeable 
to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose), payments under the Retired Service-
man’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefit Plans, and payments for medical 
care of retired personnel and their de-
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