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‘‘(3) PARTICIPATES IN A NONCONTIGUOUS TRADE 
DEFINED.—In this subsection the term ‘participates 
in a noncontiguous domestic trade’ means directly or 
indirectly owns, charters, or operates a vessel engaged 
in transportation of cargo between a point in the con-
tiguous 48 States and a point in Alaska, Hawaii, or 
Puerto Rico, other than a point in Alaska north of 
the Arctic Circle. 
‘‘§ 53208. National security requirements 
‘‘(a) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AGREEMENT RE-
QUIRED.—The Secretary of Transportation, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, shall establish an emer-
gency preparedness program under this section under which 
the owner or operator of a vessel covered by an operating 
agreement under this chapter shall agree, as a condition 
of the operating agreement, to enter into an emergency pre-
paredness agreement with the Secretaries. Each such emer-
gency preparedness agreement shall be entered into as 
promptly as practicable after the owner or operator has en-
tered into the operating agreement. 
‘‘(b) TERMS OF AGREEMENT.—The terms of an agree-
ment under this section— 
‘‘(1) shall provide that upon request by the Sec-
retary of Defense during time of war or national 
emergency, or whenever determined by the Secretary 
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of Defense to be necessary for national security or 
contingency operation (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 101 of title 10), the owner or operator shall make 
available commercial transportation resources (in-
cluding services) described in subsection (d) to the 
Secretary of Defense; 
‘‘(2) shall include such additional terms as may 
be established by the Secretary of Transportation and 
the Secretary of Defense; and 
‘‘(3) shall allow for the modification or addition 
of terms upon agreement by the Secretary of Trans-
portation and the owner or operator and the approval 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(c) PARTICIPATION AFTER EXPIRATION OF OPER-
ATING AGREEMENT.—Except as provided by section 53206, 
the Secretary may not require, through an emergency pre-
paredness agreement or an operating agreement, that an 
owner or operator of a vessel covered by an operating agree-
ment continue to participate in an emergency preparedness 
agreement after the operating agreement has expired ac-
cording to its terms or is otherwise no longer in effect. After 
the expiration of an emergency preparedness agreement, a 
owner or operator may voluntarily continue to participate 
in the agreement. 
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‘‘(d) RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE.—The commercial 
transportation resources to be made available under an 
emergency preparedness agreement shall include vessels or 
capacity in vessels, terminal facilities, management serv-
ices, and other related services, or any agreed portion of 
such nonvessel resources for activation as the Secretary of 
Defense may determine to be necessary, seeking to minimize 
disruption of the owner or operator’s service to commercial 
customers. 
‘‘(e) COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each emergency prepared-
ness agreement under this section shall provide that 
the Secretary of Defense shall pay fair and reasonable 
compensation for all commercial transportation re-
sources provided pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS.—Compensation 
under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) shall not be less than the owner or op-
erator’s commercial market charges for like 
transportation resources; 
‘‘(B) shall be fair and reasonable consid-
ering all circumstances; 
‘‘(C) shall be provided from the time that a 
vessel or resource is required by the Secretary of 
Defense until the time it is redelivered to the 
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owner or operator and is available to reenter 
commercial service; and 
‘‘(D) shall be in addition to and shall not 
in any way reflect amounts payable under sec-
tion 53207. 
‘‘(f) TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT VESSELS.—Notwith-
standing section 55302(a), 55304, 55305, or 55314, section 
2631 of title 10, or any other cargo preference law of the 
United States— 
‘‘(1) an owner or operator may operate or em-
ploy in foreign commerce a foreign-flag vessel or for-
eign-flag vessel capacity as a temporary replacement 
for a vessel of the United States or vessel of the 
United States capacity that is activated by the Sec-
retary of Defense under an emergency preparedness 
agreement or a primary Department of Defense sealift 
readiness program; and 
‘‘(2) such replacement vessel or vessel capacity 
shall be eligible during the replacement period to 
transport preference cargoes subject to sections 
55302(a), 55304, 55305, and 55314 and section 2631 
of title 10 to the same extent as the eligibility of the 
vessel or vessel capacity replaced. 
‘‘(g) REDELIVERY AND LIABILITY OF THE UNITED 
STATES FOR DAMAGES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—All commercial transpor-
tation resources activated under an emergency pre-
paredness agreement shall, upon termination of the 
period of activation, be redelivered to the owner or op-
erator in the same good order and condition as when 
received, less ordinary wear and tear, or the Sec-
retary of Defense shall fully compensate the owner or 
operator for any necessary repair or replacement. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
UNITED
STATES
LIABIL-
ITY.—Except as may be expressly agreed in an emer-
gency preparedness agreement, or as otherwise pro-
vided by law, the Government shall not be liable for 
disruption of an owner or operator’s commercial busi-
ness or other consequential damages to an owner or 
operator arising from the activation of commercial 
transportation resources under an emergency pre-
paredness agreement. 
‘‘§ 53209. Regulatory relief 
‘‘(a) OPERATION IN FOREIGN COMMERCE.—An owner 
or operator for a vessel included in an operating agreement 
under this chapter may operate the vessel in the foreign 
commerce of the United States without restriction. 
‘‘(b) OTHER RESTRICTIONS.—The restrictions of sec-
tion 55305(a) concerning the building, rebuilding, or docu-
mentation of a vessel in a foreign country shall not apply 
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to a vessel for any day the operator of the vessel is receiving 
payments for the operation of that vessel under an oper-
ating agreement under this chapter. 
‘‘(c) TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.—The tele-
communications and other electronic equipment on an ex-
isting vessel that is redocumented under the laws of the 
United States for operation under an operating agreement 
under this chapter shall be deemed to satisfy all Federal 
Communications Commission equipment certification re-
quirements, if— 
‘‘(1) such equipment complies with all applicable 
international agreements and associated guidelines as 
determined by the country in which the vessel was 
documented immediately before becoming documented 
under the laws of the United States; 
‘‘(2) that country has not been identified by the 
Secretary as inadequately enforcing international reg-
ulations as to that vessel; and 
‘‘(3) at the end of its useful life, such equipment 
shall be replaced with equipment that meets Federal 
Communications Commission equipment certification 
standards. 
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‘‘§ 53210. Special rule regarding age of participating 
Fleet vessels 
‘‘Any age restriction under section 53202(b)(4) shall 
not apply to a participating Fleet vessel during the 30- 
month period beginning on the date the vessel begins oper-
ating under an operating agreement under this chapter, if 
the Secretary of Transportation determines that the owner 
or operator of the vessel has entered into an arrangement 
to obtain and operate under the operating agreement for 
the participating Fleet vessel a replacement vessel that, 
upon commencement of such operation, will be eligible to 
be included in the Fleet under section 53202(b). 
‘‘§ 53211. Regulations 
‘‘The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary 
of Defense may each prescribe rules as necessary to carry 
out their respective responsibilities under this chapter. 
‘‘§ 53212. Authorization of appropriations 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated for payments 
under section 53207, $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2021 through 2035, to remain available until expended. 
‘‘§ 53213. Acquisition of Fleet vessels 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon replacement of a Fleet vessel 
under an operating agreement under this chapter, and sub-
ject to agreement by the owner or operator of the vessel, 
the Secretary of Transportation may, subject to the concur-
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rence of the Secretary of Defense, acquire the vessel being 
replaced for inclusion in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible for acquisition 
by the Secretary of Transportation under this section a ves-
sel shall— 
‘‘(1) have been covered by an operating agree-
ment under this chapter for not less than three years; 
and 
‘‘(2) meet recapitalization requirements for the 
Ready Reserve Force. 
‘‘(c) FAIR MARKET VALUE.—A fair market value shall 
be established by the Maritime Administration for acquisi-
tion of an eligible vessel under this section. 
‘‘(d) APPROPRIATIONS.—Vessel acquisitions under this 
section shall be subject to the availability of appropriations. 
Amounts made available to carry out this section shall be 
derived from amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 
National Defense Reserve Fleet. Amounts authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the Maritime Security Program 
may not be use to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters for 
subtitle VII of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘532. Tanker Security Fleet ........................................................................... 53201’’. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall begin accepting applications for enroll-
ment of vessels in the Tanker Security Fleet estab-
lished under chapter 532 of title 46, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), by not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) APPROVAL.—Not later than 90 days after re-
ceipt of an application for the enrollment of a vessel 
in the Tanker Security Fleet, the Secretary, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of Defense, shall— 
(A) approve the application and enter into 
an operating agreement with the applicant; or 
(B) provide to the applicant a written ex-
planation for the denial of the application. 
DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 
SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS IN FUNDING TA-
BLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a funding table in this 
division specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, 
program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the 
specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activity 
is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of appro-
priations. 
(b) MERIT-BASED DECISIONS.—A decision to commit, 
obligate, or expend funds with or to a specific entity on 
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the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) be based on merit-based selection procedures 
in accordance with the requirements of sections 
2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United States Code, or 
on competitive procedures; and 
(2) comply with other applicable provisions of 
law. 
(c) RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSFER AND PROGRAMMING 
AUTHORITY.—An amount specified in the funding tables in 
this division may be transferred or reprogrammed under 
a transfer or reprogramming authority provided by another 
provision of this Act or by other law. The transfer or re-
programming of an amount specified in such funding tables 
shall not count against a ceiling on such transfers or 
reprogrammings under section 1001 or section 1512 of this 
Act or any other provision of law, unless such transfer or 
reprogramming would move funds between appropriation 
accounts. 
(d) APPLICABILITY TO CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—This sec-
tion applies to any classified annex that accompanies this 
Act. 
(e) ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.—No oral 
or written communication concerning any amount specified 
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in the funding tables in this division shall supersede the 
requirements of this section. 
TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT. 
SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 
(In Thousands of Dollars) 
Line 
Item 
FY 2021 
Request 
House 
Authorized 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
FIXED WING 
002 
MQ–1 UAV ...............................................................................................................................
75,000 
Additional aircraft ..........................................................................................................
[75,000 ] 
003 
FUTURE UAS FAMILY ........................................................................................................
1,100 
1,100 
004 
RQ–11 (RAVEN) .....................................................................................................................
20,851 
20,851 
ROTARY 
007 
AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN .............................................................................
792,027 
792,027 
008 
AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN AP ......................................................................
169,460 
169,460 
011 
UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) ..........................................................................
742,998 
725,298 
Unjustified costs ..............................................................................................................
[–17,700 ] 
012 
UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) AP ...................................................................
87,427 
87,427 
013 
UH–60 BLACK HAWK L AND V MODELS ......................................................................
172,797 
172,797 
014 
CH–47 HELICOPTER ...........................................................................................................
160,750 
266,850 
Program increase .............................................................................................................
[136,000 ] 
Unjustified cost growth ...................................................................................................
[–29,900 ] 
015 
CH–47 HELICOPTER AP ....................................................................................................
18,372 
47,372 
Program increase .............................................................................................................
[29,000 ] 
MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 
018 
UNIVERSAL GROUND CONTROL EQUIPMENT (UAS) ...............................................
7,509 
7,509 
019 
GRAY EAGLE MODS2 ..........................................................................................................
16,280 
16,280 
020 
MULTI SENSOR ABN RECON (MIP) ...............................................................................
35,864 
35,864 
021 
AH–64 MODS ..........................................................................................................................
118,316 
113,216 
Unjustified cost growth—M-DSA ...................................................................................
[–5,100 ] 
022 
CH–47 CARGO HELICOPTER MODS (MYP) ..................................................................
15,548 
15,548 
023 
GRCS SEMA MODS (MIP) ...................................................................................................
2,947 
2,947 
024 
ARL SEMA MODS (MIP) .....................................................................................................
9,598 
9,598 
025 
EMARSS SEMA MODS (MIP) .............................................................................................
2,452 
2,452 
026 
UTILITY/CARGO AIRPLANE MODS .................................................................................
13,868 
13,868 
027 
UTILITY HELICOPTER MODS .........................................................................................
25,842 
31,342 
Program increase .............................................................................................................
[5,500 ] 
028 
NETWORK AND MISSION PLAN ......................................................................................
77,432 
77,432 
029 
COMMS, NAV SURVEILLANCE ..........................................................................................
101,355 
101,355 
031 
AVIATION ASSURED PNT ..................................................................................................
54,609 
54,609 
032 
GATM ROLLUP .....................................................................................................................
12,180 
12,180 
034 
UAS MODS ..............................................................................................................................
4,204 
4,204 
GROUND SUPPORT AVIONICS 
035 
AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT ....................................................................
49,455 
49,455 
036 
SURVIVABILITY CM ............................................................................................................
8,035 
8,035 
037 
CMWS .......................................................................................................................................
10,567 
10,567 
038 
COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) ...............................................
237,467 
237,467 
OTHER SUPPORT 
039 
AVIONICS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................
1,789 
1,789 
040 
COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT .....................................................................................
17,584 
17,584 
041 
AIRCREW INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ................................................................................
48,265 
48,265 
042 
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ....................................................................................................
26,408 
26,408 
044 
LAUNCHER, 2.75 ROCKET .................................................................................................
2,256 
2,256 
045 
LAUNCHER GUIDED MISSILE: LONGBOW HELLFIRE XM2 ..................................
8,982 
8,982 
TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY ........................................
3,074,594 
3,267,394 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM 
002 
M-SHORAD—PROCUREMENT ..........................................................................................
378,654 
378,654 
003 
MSE MISSILE ........................................................................................................................
603,188 
603,188 
004 
PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) ..........................................................................
49,941 
42,441 
Contract delay .................................................................................................................
[–7,500 ] 
005 
INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INC 2–I ...............................................
106,261 
25,011 
Army identified funds excess to need .............................................................................
[–40,500 ] 
Funding excess to need ....................................................................................................
[–40,750 ] 
AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEM 
006 
HELLFIRE SYS SUMMARY ...............................................................................................
91,225 
91,225 
007 
JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MSLS (JAGM) ..........................................................................
213,397 
213,397 
008 
LONG RANGE PRECISION MUNITION ...........................................................................
45,307 
45,307 
ANTI-TANK/ASSAULT MISSILE SYS 
009 
JAVELIN (AAWS-M) SYSTEM SUMMARY .......................................................................
190,325 
190,325 
010 
TOW 2 SYSTEM SUMMARY ................................................................................................
121,074 
121,074 
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