(b) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall direct 
the Superintendent to conduct at the Coast Guard 
Academy an assessment during the Academy’s pro-
gram year to determine the effectiveness of the 
Academy’s policies, training, and procedures on sex-
ual harassment and violence to prevent criminal sex-
ual harassment and violence involving academy per-
sonnel. 
(2) SURVEY OF PERSONNEL.—For the assess-
ment for each academy program year, the Super-
intendent shall conduct a survey of all academy per-
sonnel—
(A) to measure—
(i) the incidence, during that program 
year, of sexual harassment and violence 
events, on or off the academy reservation, 
that have been reported to officials of the 
Academy; and 
(ii) the incidence, in that program 
year, of sexual harassment and violence 
events, on or off the academy reservation, 
that have not been reported to officials of 
the Academy; and
(B) to assess the perceptions of academy 
personnel on—
(i) the policies, training, and proce-
dures on sexual harassment and violence 
involving academy personnel; 
(ii) the enforcement of such policies; 
(iii) the incidence of sexual harass-
ment and violence involving academy per-
sonnel in such program year; and 
(iv) any other issues relating to sexual 
harassment and violence involving academy 
personnel. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant shall di-
rect the Superintendent to submit to the Secretary 
a report on sexual harassment and violence involving 
academy personnel for each academy program year. 
(2) SPECIFIED
MATTERS
TO
BE
COVERED.—
The annual report for the Academy under paragraph 
(1) shall contain, for the academy program year cov-
ered by the report, the following matters: 
(A) The number of sexual assaults, rapes, 
and other sexual offenses involving academy 
personnel that have been reported to academy 
officials during the program year and the num-
ber of the reported cases that have been sub-
stantiated. 
(B) The policies, procedures, and processes 
implemented by the Commandant and the lead-
ership of the Academy in response to sexual 
harassment and violence involving academy per-
sonnel during the program year. 
(C) In the report for the 2008 academy 
program year, a discussion of the survey con-
ducted under subsection (b), together with an 
analysis of the results of the survey and a dis-
cussion of any initiatives undertaken on the 
basis of such results and analysis. 
(D) In the report for each of the subse-
quent academy program years, the results of 
the annual survey conducted in such program 
year under subsection (b). 
(E) A plan for the actions that are to be 
taken in the following academy program year 
regarding prevention of and response to sexual 
harassment and violence involving academy per-
sonnel. 
(3) TRANSMITTAL TO SECRETARY.—The Com-
mandant shall transmit the annual report on an 
academy under this subsection, together with the
Commandant’s comments on the report, to the Sec-
retary and the Board of Visitors of the Academy. 
(4) TRANSMITTAL
TO
CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall transmit the annual report on the Acad-
emy under this subsection, together with the Sec-
retary’s comments on the report to, the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. 
(5) DEADLINE FOR 2008 REPORT.—The report 
for the 2008 academy program year shall be sub-
mitted to the Commandant not later than June 1, 
2009. 
(6) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘academy program year’’ with respect to a year, 
means the academy program year that ends in that 
year. 
SEC. 410. CRUISE SHIP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant of the Coast 
Guard, in cooperation the regional trade association rep-
resenting the major cruise lines that operate in the Alaska 
cruise trade, shall conduct a demonstration project on the 
methods and best practices of the use of smokestack 
scrubbers on cruise ships that operate in that region.
(b) AGREEMENT.—The Commandant of the Coast 
Guard may enter into an agreement with the regional 
trade association referred to in subsection (a), or one or 
more of its members, to assist in conducting the dem-
onstration project under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—Upon completion of the project de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall submit a report on the results of the project 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
SEC. 411. CREW WAGES ON PASSENGER VESSELS. 
(a) FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES.—
(1) 
CAP
ON
PENALTY
WAGES.—Section 
10313(g) of title 46, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Subject to paragraph (2), when’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The total amount required to be paid under 
paragraph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen on a passenger vessel capable of carrying 
more than 500 passengers for wages under this section 
against a vessel master, owner, or operator or the em-
ployer of the seamen shall not exceed ten times the unpaid 
wages that are the subject of the claims. 
‘‘(3) A class action suit for wages under this sub-
section must be commenced within three years after the 
later of—
‘‘(A) the date of the end of the last voyage for 
which the wages are claimed; or 
‘‘(B) the receipt, by a seaman who is a claimant 
in the suit, of a payment of wages that are the sub-
ject of the suit that is made in the ordinary course 
of employment.’’. 
(2) DEPOSITS.—Section 10315 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) DEPOSITS IN SEAMAN ACCOUNT.—A seaman 
employed on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more 
than 500 passengers may authorize, by written request 
signed by the seaman, the master, owner, or operator of 
the vessel, or the employer of the seaman, to make depos-
its of wages of the seaman into a checking, savings, invest-
ment, or retirement account, or other account to secure 
a payroll or debit card for the seaman if—
‘‘(1) the wages designated by the seaman for 
such deposit are deposited in a United States or 
international financial institution designated by the 
seaman;
‘‘(2) such deposits in the financial institution 
are fully guaranteed under commonly accepted inter-
national standards by the government of the country 
in which the financial institution is licensed; 
‘‘(3) a written wage statement or pay stub, in-
cluding an accounting of any direct deposit, is deliv-
ered to the seaman no less often than monthly; and 
‘‘(4) while on board the vessel on which the sea-
man is employed, the seaman is able to arrange for 
withdrawal of all funds on deposit in the account in 
which the wages are deposited.’’. 
(b) COASTWISE VOYAGES.—
(1) 
CAP
ON
PENALTY
WAGES.—Section 
10504(c) of such title is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Subject to subsection (d), and except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), when’’; and 
(B) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The total amount required to be paid under 
paragraph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen on a passenger vessel capable of carrying 
more than 500 passengers for wages under this section 
against a vessel master, owner, or operator or the em-
ployer of the seamen shall not exceed ten times the unpaid 
wages that are the subject of the claims.
‘‘(3) A class action suit for wages under this sub-
section must be commenced within three years after the 
later of—
‘‘(A) the date of the end of the last voyage for 
which the wages are claimed; or 
‘‘(B) the receipt, by a seaman who is a claimant 
in the suit, of a payment of wages that are the sub-
ject of the suit that is made in the ordinary course 
of employment.’’. 
(2) DEPOSITS.—Section 10504 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) DEPOSITS IN SEAMAN ACCOUNT.—A seaman 
employed on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more 
than 500 passengers may authorize, by written request 
signed by the seaman, the master, owner, or operator of 
the vessel, or the employer of the seaman, to make depos-
its of wages of the seaman into a checking, savings, invest-
ment, or retirement account, or other account to secure 
a payroll or debit card for the seaman if—
‘‘(1) the wages designated by the seaman for 
such deposit are deposited in a United States or 
international financial institution designated by the 
seaman; 
‘‘(2) such deposits in the financial institution 
are fully guaranteed under commonly accepted inter-
national standards by the government of the country 
in which the financial institution is licensed; 
‘‘(3) a written wage statement or pay stub, in-
cluding an accounting of any direct deposit, is deliv-
ered to the seaman no less often than monthly; and 
‘‘(4) while on board the vessel on which the sea-
man is employed, the seaman is able to arrange for 
withdrawal of all funds on deposit in the account in 
which the wages are deposited.’’. 
SEC. 412. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION 
ACT OF 2006.—Effective with enactment of the Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–241), such Act is amended—
(1) in section 311(b) (120 Stat. 530) by insert-
ing ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2) of’’ before ‘‘section 
8104(o)’’; 
(2) in section 603(a)(2) (120 Stat. 554) by 
striking ‘‘33 U.S.C. 2794(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘33 
U.S.C. 2704(a)(2)’’; 
(3) in section 901(r)(2) (120 Stat. 566) by 
striking ‘‘the’’ the second place it appears; 
(4) in section 902(c) (120 Stat. 566) by insert-
ing ‘‘of the United States’’ after ‘‘Revised Statutes’’;
(5) in section 902(e) (120 Stat. 567) is amend-
ed—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
at the end of paragraph (1); 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2)(A); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph 
(2), respectively, and aligning the left margin of 
such subparagraphs with the left margin of 
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2); 
(6) in section 902(e)(2)(C) (as so redesignated) 
by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this para-
graph’’; 
(7) in section 902(e)(2)(D) (as so redesignated) 
by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this para-
graph’’; 
(8) in section 902(h)(1) (120 Stat. 567)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Bisti/De-Na-Zin’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘Protection’’ and inserting 
‘‘Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Manage-
ment’’; and 
(B) by inserting a period after ‘‘Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard’’;