tender vessels, after the later of January 1, 2020, or the 
end of the 3-year period beginning on the date on which 
the Secretary prescribes an alternate safety compliance 
program developed in cooperation with the commercial 
fishing industry for such a vessel, such a vessel shall com-
ply with the applicable alternate safety compliance pro-
gram’’. 
SEC. 105. COAST GUARD PIER IN WILMINGTON, NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate by not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act a report on— 
(1) short-term plans for berthing the USCGC 
Diligence in Wilmington, North Carolina, while the 
Coast Guard pier in Wilmington is being repaired; 
and 
(2) long-term plans for repairing and maintain-
ing such pier so that it can be used to berth such 
vessel and any future Coast Guard cutter stationed 
in Wilmington. 
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(b) COST ESTIMATES.—The report shall include cost 
estimates and timeframes for such short- and long-term 
plans. 
SEC. 106. BACKUP GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Resilience 
and Security Act of 2016’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle VIII of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘CHAPTER 807—POSITION, NAVIGATION, 
AND TIMING 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘80701. Land-based complementary and backup system. 
‘‘§ 80701. Land-based complementary and backup sys-
tem 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall pro-
vide for the establishment, sustainment, and operation of 
a reliable land-based enhanced LORAN, or eLORAN, po-
sitioning, navigation, and timing system to provide a com-
plement to and backup for the Global Positioning System 
(in this section referred to as ‘GPS’) to ensure the avail-
ability of uncorrupted and nondegraded positioning, navi-
gation, and timing signals for military and civilian users 
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in the event that GPS signals are corrupted, degraded, 
unreliable, or otherwise unavailable. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The system established under 
subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) be wireless; 
‘‘(2) be terrestrial; 
‘‘(3) provide wide-area coverage; 
‘‘(4) deliver a precise, high-power 100 kilohertz 
signal; 
‘‘(5) be synchronized with coordinated universal 
time; 
‘‘(6) be resilient and extremely difficult to dis-
rupt or degrade; 
‘‘(7) be able to penetrate underground and in-
side buildings; 
‘‘(8) be capable of ready deployment to remote 
locations; 
‘‘(9) take full advantage of the infrastructure of 
the existing, unused Government long-range naviga-
tion system (commonly known as ‘LORAN’); 
‘‘(10) incorporate the expertise of the private 
sector with respect to development, building, and op-
eration; 
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‘‘(11) work in concert with and complement any 
other similar positioning, navigation, and timing sys-
tems; 
‘‘(12) be available for use by Federal and non- 
Federal government agencies for public purposes at 
no cost; and 
‘‘(13) incorporate such other requirements de-
termined necessary by the Commandant. 
‘‘(c) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than three 
months after the date of enactment of this section, 
the Commandant, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Transportation, shall publish a request for pro-
posals to solicit options for— 
‘‘(A) eLORAN system architecture; and 
‘‘(B) business models for the design, in-
stallation, operation, and maintenance of an 
eLORAN system in accordance with this sec-
tion for a period of no less than 20 years. 
‘‘(2) CONTRACTING OPTIONS.—The request for 
proposals shall request options that— 
‘‘(A) incorporate the expertise of the pri-
vate sector; and 
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‘‘(B) allow for the expeditious installation, 
daily operation, and routine maintenance of an 
eLORAN system architecture. 
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this section, the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Transportation, shall provide to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan to en-
sure that the system required under this section is fully 
operational not later than 3 years after such date of enact-
ment.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
title VIII of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
adding after the item relating to chapter 805 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘807. Position, Navigation, and Timing ...................................80701’’. 
TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 201. VESSEL ‘‘APOLLONIA’’. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating shall issue a certificate of documentation with a 
coastwise endorsement for the vessel Apollonia (United 
States official number 1266527). 
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