(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Operations and manage-
ment costs’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) DETERMINATION OF COSTS.—Operations 
and management costs’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—To facilitate the mooring buoy 
system in Port Clarence and to assist the Council in 
the development of other oil spill prevention and re-
sponse infrastructure, including reactivating the air-
strip at Point Spencer with appropriate technology 
and safety equipment in support of response oper-
ations, there is authorized to be made available 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
2025 from the interest generated from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund.’’. 
SEC. 411. ALASKA OIL SPILL PLANNING CRITERIA. 
(a) ALASKA OIL SPILL PLANNING CRITERIA.—Sec-
tion 311(j)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(5)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(J)(i) Except as provided in clause (iv), in any 
case in which the Secretary has determined that the 
national planning criteria established pursuant to 
this subsection are inappropriate for a vessel oper-
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ating in the area of responsibility of Coast Guard 
Sector Anchorage, a response plan required under 
this paragraph with respect to a discharge of oil for 
the vessel shall comply with the planning criteria es-
tablished under clause (ii), which planning criteria 
shall, with respect to a discharge of oil from the ves-
sel, supercede the national planning criteria and 
apply in lieu of any alternative planning criteria ap-
proved for vessels operating in such area. 
‘‘(ii) The President shall establish planning cri-
teria for a worst case discharge of oil, and a sub-
stantial threat of such a discharge, within the area 
of responsibility of Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, 
including planning criteria for the following: 
‘‘(I) Mechanical oil spill response resources 
that are required to be located within such 
area. 
‘‘(II) Response times for mobilization of oil 
spill response resources and arrival on the scene 
of a worst case discharge of oil, or substantial 
threat of such a discharge, occurring within 
such area. 
‘‘(III) Dedicated vessels for oil spill re-
sponse that are capable of operating in the 
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ocean environment and required to be located 
within such area. 
‘‘(IV) Ensuring the availability of at least 
one oil spill removal organization that is classi-
fied by the Coast Guard and that— 
‘‘(aa) is capable of responding in all 
operating environments in such area; 
‘‘(bb) provides vessel routing meas-
ures consistent with international routing 
measure deviation protocols; 
‘‘(cc) maintains real-time continuous 
vessel tracking, monitoring, and engage-
ment protocols with the ability to detect 
and address vessel operation anomalies; 
‘‘(dd) has the capability to manage 
wildlife protection and rehabilitation; 
‘‘(ee) controls oil spill response re-
sources of dedicated and nondedicated re-
source providers within such area, through 
ownership, contracts, agreements, or other 
means approved by the President, suffi-
cient to mobilize and sustain a response to 
a worst case discharge of oil and to con-
tain, recover, and temporarily store dis-
charged oil; and 
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‘‘(ff) has pre-positioned all of its oil 
spill response resources in strategic loca-
tions throughout such area in a manner 
that ensures the ability to support re-
sponse personnel, marine operations, air 
cargo, or other related logistics infrastruc-
ture. 
‘‘(V) Temporary storage capability using 
both dedicated and non-dedicated assets located 
within such area. 
‘‘(VI) Non-mechanical oil spill response re-
sources, to be available under contracts, agree-
ments, or other means approved by the Presi-
dent, capable of responding to both a discharge 
of persistent oil and a discharge of non-per-
sistent oil, whether the discharged oil was car-
ried by a vessel as fuel or cargo. 
‘‘(VII) With respect to tank barges car-
rying non-persistent oil in bulk as cargo to be 
delivered to communities within such area, oil 
spill response resources that is required to be 
carried on board. 
‘‘(VIII) Ensuring that oil spill response re-
sources otherwise required to be included in a 
response plan for purposes of compliance with 
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salvage and marine firefighting requirements 
are not used to meet the requirements of this 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(IX) Specifying a minimum length of 
time that approval of a response plan under 
this subparagraph is valid. 
‘‘(iii) The President may approve a response 
plan for a vessel under this subparagraph only if the 
owner or operator of the vessel demonstrates the 
availability of the oil spill response resources re-
quired to be included in the response plan under the 
planning criteria established under clause (ii). 
‘‘(iv) Nothing in this subparagraph affects— 
‘‘(I) vessels operating within the area of 
responsibility of the Coast Guard sector respon-
sible for Anchorage, Alaska, with primary oper-
ations occurring within Cook Inlet, Alaska; or 
‘‘(II) the requirements applicable to tank 
vessels subject to section 5005 of the Oil Pollu-
tion Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2735).’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF ALASKA OIL SPILL PLAN-
NING CRITERIA.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the President 
shall establish the planning criteria required to be 
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