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(9) ensuring that Federal agencies promote,
through efficient application of laws and regulations,
the readiness of the United States merchant marine
and supporting industries; and
(10) any other relevant maritime policies.
(b) DATE OF TRANSMITTAL.—The report required
under subsection (a) shall be transmitted along with the
President’s budget submission, pursuant to section 1105
of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 1996.
SEC. 216. TITLE XI LOAN GUARANTEES.
Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App.
U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 1101(b), by striking ‘‘owned by
citizens of the United States’’;
(2) in section 1104B(a), in the material preced-
ing paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘owned by citizens of
the United States’’; and
(3) in section 1110(a), by striking ‘‘owned by
citizens of the United States’’.
SEC. 217. STUDY OF FEASIBILITY OF SHIP REPAIR DIF-
FERENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation shall
conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a program
of financial assistance to qualified ship repair yards, to
make those yards more competitive in international ship
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repair markets by paying to those yards the difference be-
tween the cost of repairing vessels in those yards and the
cost of repairing vessels in foreign ship repair yards.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Transportation shall
submit to the Congress by not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act a report on the findings
and recommendations of the study required by subsection
(a).
(c) QUALIFIED SHIP REPAIR YARD DEFINED.—For
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified ship repair
yard’’ has the meaning given that term in section 118(d).
SEC. 218. QUALIFIED SHIP REPAIR YARD MODERNIZATION
ASSISTANCE.
(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation may use available amounts to make grants to quali-
fied ship repair yards to pay 75 percent of the cost of
acquiring advanced ship repair technology and modern
ship repair technology.
(b) CONDITION OF ASSISTANCE.—As a condition of
receiving a grant under this section, the Secretary shall
require that a qualified ship repair yard provide, in cash
contributions, 25 percent of the costs incurred in acquir-
ing advanced ship repair technology and modern ship re-
pair technology with the grant.
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(c) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this section,
the Secretary shall give priority to qualified ship repair
yards for which assistance under this section will permit
the performance of ship repairs more efficiently and in a
manner that is more competitive with foreign ship repair
yards.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) ADVANCED SHIP REPAIR TECHNOLOGY.—
The term ‘‘advanced ship repair technology’’ in-
cludes—
(A) numerically controlled machine tools,
robots, automated process control equipment,
computerized flexible manufacturing systems,
associated computer software, and other tech-
nology for improving ship repair and related in-
dustrial production which advance the state-of-
the-art; and
(B) novel techniques and processes de-
signed to improve ship repair quality, productiv-
ity, and practice, and to promote sustainable
development, 
including 
engineering 
design,
quality assurance, concurrent engineering, con-
tinuous process production technology, energy
efficiency, 
waste 
minimization, 
design 
for
recyclability or parts reuse, inventory manage-
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ment, upgraded worker skills, and communica-
tions with customers and suppliers.
(2) MODERN SHIP REPAIR TECHNOLOGY.—The
term ‘‘modern ship repair technology’’ means the
best available proven technology, techniques, and
processes appropriate to enhancing the productivity
of ship repair yards.
(3) QUALIFIED SHIP REPAIR YARD DEFINED.—
The term ‘‘qualified ship repair yard’’ means a ship-
yard located in the United States that meets the eli-
gibility qualification requirements for obtaining and
retaining a Master Ship Repair Agreement with the
United States Navy.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—For
grants under this section there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Transportation $17,500,000
for fiscal year 1995, to remain available until expended.
SEC. 219. GREAT LAKES ENDORSEMENTS.
(a) REPEAL OF GREAT LAKES ENDORSEMENT.—
(1) Section 12107 of title 46, United States
Code, is repealed.
(2) The analysis at the beginning of chapter
121 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by
striking the item relating to section 12107.
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(3) Section 12101(b)(3) of title 46, United
States Code, is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4370(a) of
the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C.
316(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘or 12107’’.
(c) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 2793 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 111, 123) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘coastwise, Great Lakes
endorsement’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for-
eign ports,’’ and inserting ‘‘registry endorse-
ment, engaged in foreign trade on the Great
Lakes or their tributary or connecting waters in
trade with Canada,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, as if from or to foreign
ports’’.
(2) The Act of March 8, 1910 (46 App. U.S.C.
132; 32 Stat. 234, chapter 86), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘shall be exempt’’ and all that follows through
the end of the section and inserting ‘‘shall be exempt
from section 36(a) of the Act of August 5, 1909 (36
Stat. 111).’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect October 1, 1994.
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TITLE III—TONNAGE DUTIES
SEC. 301. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Coast Guard—
(A) will spend over $400,000,000 in fiscal
year 1995 conducting search and rescue oper-
ations far into the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
and the Gulf of Mexico to protect life and prop-
erty on United States and foreign-flag vessels;
(B) inspects vessels of all nations to ensure
their compliance with international treaties and
conventions;
(C) will spend over $470,000,000 in fiscal
year 1995 providing navigational aids to vessels
from around the world through the operation
of—
(i) LORAN, OMEGA, and the Dif-
ferential Global Positioning System; and
(ii) over 46,000 lighthouses, buoys,
daybeacons, fog signals, radar reflectors
and Vessel Traffic Service systems; and
(D) will spend over $86,000,0000 in fiscal
year 1995 providing icebreaking services for
vessels from all nations.