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vidual with a barrier to employment’’, ‘‘industry or 
sector partnership’’, ‘‘on-the-job training’’, ‘‘recog-
nized postsecondary credential’’, and ‘‘workplace 
learning advisor’’ have the meanings given such terms 
in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(3) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice-
ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘Na-
tional Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 
663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
(4) AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘area career and technical edu-
cation school’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 
(5) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity college’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘junior 
or community college’’ in section 312(f) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 
(6) COVERED FACILITY OF THE NATIONAL NU-
CLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered facility of the National Nuclear Security Admin-
istration’’ means a national security laboratory or a 
nuclear weapons production facility as such terms are 
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defined in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2501). 
(7) ELIGIBLE
SPONSOR.—The term ‘‘eligible 
sponsor’’ means a public organization or an organi-
zation described in section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 
501(a) of that Code, that— 
(A) with respect to an apprenticeship pro-
gram, administers such program through a part-
nership that may include— 
(i) an industry or sector partnership; 
(ii) an employer or industry associa-
tion; 
(iii) a labor-management organization; 
(iv) a local workforce development 
board or State workforce development board; 
(v) a 2- or 4-year institution of higher 
education that offers an educational pro-
gram leading to an associate’s or bachelor’s 
degree in conjunction with a certificate of 
completion of apprenticeship; 
(vi) the Armed Forces (including the 
National Guard and Reserves); 
(vii) a community-based organization; 
or 
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(viii) an economic development agency; 
and 
(B) with respect to a preapprenticeship pro-
gram, is a local educational agency, a secondary 
school, an area career and technical education 
school, a provider of adult education, a State 
workforce development board, a local workforce 
development board, or a community-based orga-
nization, that administers such program with 
any required coordination and necessary approv-
als from the Secretary of Labor or a State de-
partment of labor. 
(8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(9) LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.— 
The term ‘‘local workforce development board’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘local board’’ in section 3 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102). 
(10) NATIONAL
LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
15801). 
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(11) PROVIDER
OF
ADULT
EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘provider of adult education’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 203 of the Adult Education 
and Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3272). 
(12) RELATED INSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘related 
instruction’’ means an organized and systematic form 
of instruction designed to provide an apprentice with 
the knowledge of the technical subjects related to the 
occupation of the apprentice. 
(13) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Labor, except as otherwise specified in this 
Act. 
(14) 
STATE
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT 
BOARD.—The term ‘‘State workforce development 
board’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘State board’’ 
in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(15) WORKFORCE
INTERMEDIARY.—The term 
‘‘workforce intermediary’’— 
(A) means an organization that proactively 
addresses workforce needs using a dual customer 
approach, which considers the needs of both em-
ployees and employers; and 
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(B) may include a community organiza-
tion, an employer organization, a community 
college, a temporary staffing agency, a State 
workforce development board, a local workforce 
development board, or a labor organization. 
TITLE 
XXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2020, $29,450,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 
SEC. 3202. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILI-
TIES SAFETY BOARD. 
(a) STAFF.— 
(1) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board is not adequately staffed, particularly given 
the ongoing increase in defense nuclear activities dur-
ing the decade following the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
POSITION.—Sub-
section (b) of section 313 of the Atomic Energy 
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Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286b) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) The Board shall have an Executive Director 
of Operations who shall be appointed under section 
311(c)(7). 
‘‘(B) The Executive Director of Operations shall report 
to the Chairman. 
‘‘(C) The Executive Director of Operations shall be the 
senior employee of the Board responsible for— 
‘‘(i) general administration and technical mat-
ters; 
‘‘(ii) ensuring that the members of the Board are 
fully and currently informed with respect to matters 
for which the members are responsible; and 
‘‘(iii) the functions delegated by the Chairman 
pursuant to section 311(c)(3)(B).’’. 
(B) DELEGATION
OF
FUNCTIONS.—Para-
graph (3) of section 311(c) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 2286(c)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Chairman’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(A) The Chairman’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
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graph (C). Any member of the Board may propose to the 
Chairman an individual to be so removed. 
‘‘(C) The senior employees described in this subpara-
graph are the following senior employees of the Board: 
‘‘(i) The Executive Director of Operations estab-
lished under section 313(b)(3). 
‘‘(ii) The general counsel.’’. 
(4) FULL-TIME
EQUIVALENT
PERSONNEL
LEV-
ELS.—Section 313(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
2286b(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘but not’’ and 
all that follows through the semicolon and inserting 
‘‘but not fewer than the equivalent of 110 full-time 
employees and not more than the equivalent of 130 
full-time employees;’’. 
(b) PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.—Section 312(a) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 2286a(a)) is amended by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including with 
respect to the health and safety of employees and contractors 
at such facilities’’. 
(c) ACCESS TO FACILITIES, PERSONNEL, AND INFOR-
MATION.—Section 314 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2286c) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Energy’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as specifically provided 
by this section, the Secretary of Energy’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘ready access’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘prompt and unfettered 
access’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘The access provided to facilities, per-
sonnel, and information under this subsection 
shall be provided without regard to the hazard or 
risk category assigned to a facility by the Sec-
retary.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY
OF SECRETARY DENY INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary may only deny access to information 
pursuant to subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) to any person who— 
‘‘(A) has not been granted an appropriate 
security clearance or access authorization by the 
Secretary; or 
‘‘(B) does not need such access in connection 
with the duties of such person; or 
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‘‘(2) if such denial is authorized by a provision 
of Federal law that specifically limits the right of the 
Board to access such information. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF NONDISCLOSURE PROTECTIONS 
BY BOARD.—The Board may not publicly disclose informa-
tion provided under this section if such information is oth-
erwise protected from disclosure by law, including delibera-
tive process information.’’. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Energy $14,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2020 for the purpose of carrying out activities under 
chapter 869 of title 10, United States Code, relating to the 
naval petroleum reserves. 
(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended. 
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TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 
MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Maritime 
Administration 
SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF THE MARITIME ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Transportation for fiscal year 2020, to be available 
without fiscal year limitation if so provided in appropria-
tions Acts, for programs associated with maintaining the 
United States merchant marine, the following amounts: 
(1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 
United 
States 
Merchant 
Marine 
Academy, 
$81,944,000, of which— 
(A) $77,944,000 shall be for Academy oper-
ations; and 
(B) $4,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for capital asset management at the 
Academy. 
(2) For expenses necessary to support the State 
maritime academies, $38,480,000, of which— 
(A) $2,400,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020, for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
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(B) $30,080,000 shall remain available 
until expended for maintenance and repair of 
State maritime academy training vessels; and 
(C) $6,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for direct payments to such academies. 
(3) For expenses necessary to support the Na-
tional 
Security 
Multi-Mission 
Vessel 
Program, 
$300,000,000, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
(4) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 
Administration 
operations 
and 
programs, 
$53,273,000. 
(5) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels in 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $5,000,000, which 
shall remain available until expended. 
(6) For expenses necessary to maintain and pre-
serve a United States flag merchant marine to serve 
the national security needs of the United States under 
chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, 
$300,000,000. 
(7) For expenses necessary for the loan guarantee 
program authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, 
United States Code, $33,000,000, of which— 
(A) $30,000,000 may be used for the cost 
(as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Cred-
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it Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5))) of 
loan guarantees under the program; and 
(B) $3,000,000 may be used for administra-
tive expenses relating to loan guarantee commit-
ments under the program. 
(8) For expenses necessary to provide small ship-
yards and maritime communities grants under sec-
tion 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$35,000,000. 
SEC. 3502. REAUTHORIZATION OF MARITIME SECURITY 
PROGRAM. 
(a) AWARD
OF OPERATING AGREEMENTS.—Section 
53103 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2025’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2035’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVENESS OF OPERATING AGREEMENTS.— 
Section 53104(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2035’’. 
(c) PAYMENTS.—Section 53106(a)(1) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) 
in 
subparagraph 
(C), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$3,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 
and 2025.’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,300,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025; and’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(D) $5,800,000 for each of fiscal years 
2026, 2027, and 2028; 
‘‘(E) $6,300,000 for each of fiscal years 
2029, 2030, and 2031; and 
‘‘(F) $6,800,000 for each of fiscal years 
2032, 2033, 2034, and 2035.’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
53111 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$222,000,000 
for each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 
2025.’’ and inserting ‘‘$318,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(4) $348,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026, 
2027, and 2028; 
‘‘(5) $378,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2029, 
2030, and 2031; and 
‘‘(6) $408,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2032, 
2033, 2034, and 2035.’’. 
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SEC. 3503. MARITIME OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
Section 7 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(d) There is established a Maritime Occupational 
Safety and Health Advisory Committee, which shall be a 
continuing body and shall provide advice to the Secretary 
in formulating maritime industry standards and regarding 
matters pertaining to the administration of this Act related 
to the maritime industry. The composition of such advisory 
committee shall be consistent with the advisory committees 
established under subsection (b). A member of the advisory 
committee who is otherwise qualified may continue to serve 
until a successor is appointed. The Secretary may promul-
gate or amend regulations as necessary to implement this 
subsection.’’. 
Subtitle B—Tanker Security Fleet 
SEC. 3511. TANKER SECURITY FLEET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle VII of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 707—TANKER SECURITY FLEET 
‘‘70701. Definitions. 
‘‘70702. Establishment of the Tanker Security Fleet. 
‘‘70703. Vessel standards. 
‘‘70704. Award of operating agreements. 
‘‘70705. Effectiveness of operating agreements. 
‘‘70706. Obligations and rights under operating agreements. 
‘‘70707. Payments. 
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‘‘70708. National security requirements. 
‘‘70709. Regulatory relief. 
‘‘70710. Special rule regarding age of participating Fleet vessels. 
‘‘70711. Regulations. 
‘‘70712. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘70713. Acquisition of Fleet vessels. 
‘‘§ 70701. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) FOREIGN
COMMERCE.—The term ‘foreign 
commerce’ means— 
‘‘(A) commerce or trade between the United 
States, its territories or possessions, or the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and a foreign country; and 
‘‘(B) commerce or trade between foreign 
countries including trade between foreign ports 
in accordance with normal commercial bulk 
shipping practices in such a manner as will per-
mit vessels of the United States freely to compete 
with foreign-flag liquid bulk carrying vessels in 
their operation or in competing charters, subject 
to rules and regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary of Transportation pursuant to this chap-
ter or subtitle. 
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATING FLEET VESSEL.—The term 
‘participating Fleet vessel’ means any tank vessel cov-
ered by an operating agreement under this chapter on 
or after January 1, 2021. 
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‘‘(3) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ includes cor-
porations, partnerships, and associations existing 
under, or authorized by, laws of the United States, or 
any State, territory, district, or possession thereof, or 
any foreign country. 
‘‘(4) TANK VESSEL.—The term ‘tank vessel’ has 
the meaning that term has under section 2101 of this 
title. 
‘‘(5) UNITED STATES CITIZEN TRUST.—The term 
‘United States citizen trust’— 
‘‘(A) means a trust for which— 
‘‘(i) each of the trustees is a citizen of 
the United States; and 
‘‘(ii) the application for documentation 
of the vessel under chapter 121 of this title 
includes an affidavit of each trustee stating 
that the trustee is not aware of any reason 
involving a beneficiary of the trust that is 
not a citizen of the United States, or involv-
ing any other person who is not a citizen 
of the United States, as a result of which 
the beneficiary or other person would hold 
more than 25 percent of the aggregate power 
to influence or limit the exercise of the au-
thority of the trustee with respect to matters 
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involving any ownership or operation of the 
vessel that may adversely affect the interests 
of the United States; 
‘‘(B) does not include a trust for which any 
person that is not a citizen of the United States 
has authority to direct, or participate in direct-
ing, a trustee for a trust in matters involving 
any ownership or operation of the vessel that 
may adversely affect the interests of the United 
States or in removing a trustee without cause, 
either directly or indirectly through the control 
of another person, unless the trust instrument 
provides that persons who are not citizens of the 
United States may not hold more than 25 per-
cent of the aggregate authority to so direct or re-
move a trustee; and 
‘‘(C) may include a trust for which a per-
son who is not a citizen of the United States 
holds more than 25 percent of the beneficial in-
terest in the trust. 
‘‘§ 70702. Establishment of the Tanker Security Fleet 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish 
a fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, pri-
vately owned product tankers to meet national defense and 
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other security requirements and maintain a United States 
presence in international commercial shipping. The fleet 
shall consist of privately owned vessels of the United States 
for which there are in effect operating agreements under this 
chapter, and shall be known as the ‘Tanker Security Fleet’ 
(hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the ‘Fleet’). 
‘‘(b) VESSEL ELIGIBILITY.—A vessel is eligible to be 
included in the Fleet if the vessel— 
‘‘(1) meets the requirements under paragraph 
(1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (c); 
‘‘(2) is operated (or in the case of a vessel to be 
constructed, will be operated) in providing transpor-
tation in United States foreign commerce; 
‘‘(3) is self-propelled; 
‘‘(4) is not more than ten years of age on the 
date the vessel is first included in the Fleet and not 
more than 25 years of age at any time during which 
the vessel is included in the Fleet; 
‘‘(5) is determined by the Secretary of Defense to 
be suitable for use by the United States for national 
defense or military purposes in time of war or na-
tional emergency; and 
‘‘(6) is commercially viable, as determined by the 
Secretary of Transportation; and 
‘‘(7) is— 
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‘‘(A) a vessel of the United States; or 
‘‘(B) not a vessel of the United States, but— 
‘‘(i) the owner of the vessel has dem-
onstrated an intent to have the vessel docu-
mented under chapter 121 of this title if it 
is included in the Fleet; and 
‘‘(ii) at the time an operating agree-
ment is entered into under this chapter, the 
vessel is eligible for documentation under 
chapter 121 of this title. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CITIZENSHIP
OF 
OWNERS, CHARTERERS, AND OPERATORS.— 
‘‘(1) VESSELS OWNED AND OPERATED BY SEC-
TION
50501
CITIZENS.—A vessel meets the require-
ments of this paragraph if, during the period of an 
operating agreement under this chapter that applies 
to the vessel, the vessel will be owned and operated by 
one or more persons that are citizens of the United 
States under section 50501 of this title. 
‘‘(2) VESSELS OWNED BY A SECTION 50501 CIT-
IZEN, OR UNITED STATES CITIZEN TRUST, AND CHAR-
TERED
TO
A
DOCUMENTATION
CITIZEN.—A vessel 
meets the requirements of this paragraph if— 
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