SEC. 202. 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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(5) the non-Federal entity carries out the 
project in accordance with the same laws and regula-
tions that would apply to the Coast Guard if the 
Coast Guard carried out the project, including ob-
taining all permits required for the project under 
Federal and State law; and 
(6) the Commandant determines that the 
project satisfies such additional requirements as may 
be established by the Commandant. 
(c) 
LIMITATIONS.—Reimbursements 
under 
sub-
section (a) may not exceed the following: 
(1) For a single covered project, $5,000,000. 
(2) For all covered projects in a single fiscal 
year, $5,000,000. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—The authority granted under this 
section shall expire on the date that is 4 years after the 
date of enactment of this section. 
(e) COVERED PROJECT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered project’’ means a project carried out 
by a non-Federal entity to construct and establish an aid 
to navigation that facilitates safe and efficient marine 
transportation on a federally authorized navigation chan-
nel. 
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SEC. 203. CORRECTIONS TO PROVISIONS ENACTED BY 
COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE CORRECTION.—The Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–120) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2015’’ each place it appears (including in quoted material) 
and inserting ‘‘Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016’’. 
(b) TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE.— 
(1) Section 7510 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking 
‘‘engine’’ and inserting ‘‘engineer’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(9), by inserting a pe-
riod after ‘‘App’’. 
(2) Section 4503(f)(2) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, that’’ and inserting 
‘‘, then’’. 
(c) PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PRIBILOF IS-
LANDS.— 
(1) SHORT TITLE CORRECTION.—Section 521 
of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2016 (Pub-
lic Law 114–120), as amended by subsection (a), is 
further amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘2016’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
105(e)(1) of the Pribilof Islands Transition Act (16 
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U.S.C. 1161 note; Public Law 106–562) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
(3) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Section 
522(b)(2) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114–120), as amended by sub-
section (a), is further amended by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 
(d) TITLE 14, UNITED STATES CODE.— 
(1) REDISTRIBUTION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF 
APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 2702 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘$6,981,036,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$6,986,815,000’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 
‘‘$140,016,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$134,237,000’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis at 
the beginning of part III of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the period at the end 
of the item relating to chapter 29. 
(e) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES COST ASSESS-
MENT.—Section 604(a) of the Coast Guard Authorization 
Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–120) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘365 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15, 2017,’’. 
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(f) CONTINUATION ON ACTIVE DUTY: BOARD.—Sec-
tion 290(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘five officers serving in the grade of vice admi-
ral’’ and inserting ‘‘5 officers (other than the Com-
mandant) serving in the grade of admiral or vice admiral’’. 
(g) CERTIFICATE
OF
DOCUMENTATION.—Section 
604(b) of the Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime 
Authorization Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–281) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and fisheries endorsement’’ after 
‘‘endorsement’’. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of Public Law 114–120. 
Æ 
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