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(2) It is reasonable for vessel owners of all na-
tions that benefit from these services, including own-
ers of United States-flag vessels, to pay tonnage du-
ties to help offset the cost of providing these serv-
ices.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to in-
crease the tonnage duties imposed on vessels entering the
United States to help offset the cost of providing Coast
Guard services to those vessels.
SEC. 302. INCREASE IN TONNAGE DUTIES.
(a) INCREASED DUTIES.—Section 36 of the Act of
August 5, 1909 (46 App. U.S.C. 121, 36 Stat. 111), is
amended—
(1) by designating the first paragraph as sub-
section (a) and amending it to read as follows:
‘‘(a) TONNAGE DUTY IMPOSED ON CERTAIN EN-
TRIES.—
‘‘(1) DUTY IMPOSED.—There is imposed on a
vessel making an entry described in paragraph (2)
before fiscal year 2005 a duty of 38 cents per ton,
except that for any vessel the duty under this para-
graph shall not apply with respect to more than 25
entries by the vessel in any 12-month period.
‘‘(2) ENTRY DESCRIBED.—An entry referred to
in subparagraph (A) is any of the following:
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‘‘(A) FORMAL ENTRY FROM FOREIGN PORT
OR PLACE.—A formal entry in any port of the
United States from any foreign port or place,
other than an entry by a vessel that is in dis-
tress or is not engaged in trade.
‘‘(B) OTHER ENTRY.—An entry by a vessel
that departs a United States port or place and
returns to the same port or place without being
entered in the United States from another port
or place, other than—
‘‘(i) an entry by a vessel of the United
States, a recreational vessel, or a barge (as
those terms are defined in section 2101 of
title 46, United States Code); and
‘‘(ii) an entry by a vessel that is in
distress or is not engaged in trade.
‘‘(3) 
OFFSETTING
RECEIPTS
OF
COAST
GUARD.—Amounts received by the United States as
duty imposed under this subsection shall be depos-
ited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting
receipts of the department in which the Coast Guard
is operating and ascribed to Coast Guard activi-
ties.’’; and
(2) by designating the remainder of the section
as subsection (b).
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect October 1, 1994.
SEC. 303. CONTRACT AUTHORITY.
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ENTER AGREEMENTS.—The
Secretary of Transportation shall expeditiously enter into
agreements under the Maritime Security and Competitive-
ness Act of 1993. However, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may not obligate more than $1,350,000,000 in total
contracts under the Maritime Security and Competitive-
ness Act of 1993 or this Act between October 1, 1994,
and September 30, 2004.
(b) LIMITATION
ON OUTLAYS.—The Secretary of
Transportation shall not enter into any agreements under
the Maritime Security and Competitiveness Act of 1993
or this Act that would result in total payments under such
agreements for any fiscal year in excess of the limitations
in the following table.
In the case of
The limitation
fiscal year:
(in millions) is:
1995 ..............................................................................
$105
1996 ..............................................................................
$105
1997 ..............................................................................
$105
1998 ..............................................................................
$105
1999 ..............................................................................
$155
2000 ..............................................................................
$155
2001 ..............................................................................
$155
2002 ..............................................................................
$155
2003 ..............................................................................
$155
2004 ..............................................................................
$155.
(c) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Subsections (a)
and (b) do not apply to the extent additional amounts are
provided by appropriation laws.
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SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Trans-
portation such amounts as may be necessary for entering
into and making payments under agreements under the
Maritime Security and Competitiveness Act of 1993.
SEC. 305. CONTINUING AVAILABILITY.
Amounts available or authorized to be appropriated
under this title shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 306. PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
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shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
Passed the House of Representatives August 2,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.