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(B) Sections 53701(1), (4), and (9) (as re-
designated by paragraph (1)(A)), 53702(a), 
53703, 53704, 53706(a)(3)(B)(iii), 53709(a)(1), 
(b)(1) and (2)(A), and (d), 53710(a) and (c), 
53711, 53712 (except in the last sentence of sub-
section (b) as amended by paragraph (6)), 53713 
to 53716, 53721 to 53725, and 53734. 
(11) 
Sections 
53715(d)(1), 
53716(d)(3), 
53721(c), 53722(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B), and 53724(b) 
are amended by inserting ‘‘or Administrator’s’’ after 
‘‘Secretary’s’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Section 
3507 (except subsection (c)(4)) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163) 
is repealed. 
SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 
109–163. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Title 46, United States Code, is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Chapters 513 and 515 are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place it appears in anal-
yses, headings, and text and inserting ‘‘Navy Re-
serve’’. 
(2) Section 51504(f) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(f) FUEL COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary shall pay to each State 
maritime academy the costs of fuel used by a vessel 
provided under this section while used for training. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—The amount of the 
payment to a State maritime academy under para-
graph (1) may not exceed— 
‘‘(A) $100,000 for fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(B) $200,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(C) $300,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each 
fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
(3) Section 51505(b)(2)(B) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$200,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000 for fiscal 
year 2006, $400,000 for fiscal year 2007, and 
$500,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year 
thereafter’’. 
(4) Section 51701(a) is amended by inserting be-
fore the period at the end ‘‘and to perform functions 
to assist the United States merchant marine, as deter-
mined necessary by the Secretary’’. 
(5)(A) Section 51907 is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘§ 51907. Provision of decorations, medals, and re-
placements 
‘‘The Secretary of Transportation may provide— 
‘‘(1) the decorations and medals authorized by 
this chapter and replacements for those decorations 
and medals; and 
‘‘(2) replacements for decorations and medals 
issued under a prior law.’’. 
(B) In the analysis of chapter 519, the item re-
lating to section 51907 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘51907. Provision of decorations, medals, and replacements.’’. 
(6)(A) The following new chapter is inserted 
after chapter 539: 
‘‘CHAPTER 541—MISCELLANEOUS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘54101. Assistance for small shipyards and maritime communities.’’. 
(B) Section 3506 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (46 U.S.C. 53101 
note) is transferred to and redesignated as section 
54101 of title 46, United States Code, to appear at 
the end of chapter 541 of title 46, as enacted by sub-
paragraph (A). 
(C) The heading of such section 54101 is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 54101. Assistance for small shipyards and maritime 
communities’’. 
(D) Subsection (h)(1) of such section 54101 is 
amended by stiking ‘‘632)’’ and inserting ‘‘632))’’. 
(E) The table of chapters at the beginning of sub-
title V is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to chapter 539 the following new item: 
‘‘541. Miscellaneous .................................................................................54101’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Sec-
tions 515(g)(2), 3502, 3509, and 3510 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163) are repealed. 
SEC. 6. AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109–171. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 60301 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended in— 
(1) subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2 cents per ton 
(but not more than a total of 10 cents per ton per 
year)’’ and inserting ‘‘4.5 cents per ton, not to exceed 
a total of 22.5 cents per ton per year, for fiscal years 
2006 through 2010, and 2 cents per ton, not to exceed 
a total of 10 cents per ton per year, for each fiscal 
year thereafter,’’; and 
(2) subsection (b), by striking ‘‘6 cents per ton 
(but not more than a total of 30 cents per ton per 
year)’’ and inserting ‘‘13.5 cents per ton, not to ex-
ceed a total of 67.5 cents per ton per year, for fiscal 
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years 2006 through 2010, and 6 cents per ton, not to 
exceed a total of 30 cents per ton per year, for each 
fiscal year thereafter,’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Section 
4001 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 
171) is repealed. 
SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109–241. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Title 46, United States Code, is 
amended as follows: 
(1) Section 12111 is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES
INVOLVING
MOBILE
OFFSHORE 
DRILLING UNITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Only a vessel for which a 
certificate of documentation with a registry endorse-
ment is issued may engage in— 
‘‘(A) the setting, relocation, or recovery of 
the anchors or other mooring equipment of a mo-
bile offshore drilling unit that is located over the 
outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 
2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1331(a))); or 
‘‘(B) the transportation of merchandise or 
personnel to or from a point in the United 
States from or to a mobile offshore drilling unit 
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located over the outer Continental Shelf that is 
not attached to the seabed. 
‘‘(2) COASTWISE
TRADE
NOT
AUTHORIZED.— 
Nothing in paragraph (1) authorizes the employment 
in the coastwise trade of a vessel that does not meet 
the requirements of section 12112 of this title.’’. 
(2) Section 12139(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘and charterers’’ and inserting ‘‘charterers, and mort-
gagees’’. 
(3) Section 51307 is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2); 
(B) striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) on any other vessel considered by the Sec-
retary to be necessary or appropriate or in the na-
tional interest.’’. 
(4) Section 55105(b)(3) is amended by striking 
‘‘Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’. 
(5) Section 70306(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘Not later than February 28 of each year, the Sec-
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retary shall submit a report’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall submit an annual report’’. 
(6) Section 70502(d)(2) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) RESPONSE TO CLAIM OF REGISTRY.—The 
response of a foreign nation to a claim of registry 
under paragraph (1)(A) or (C) may be made by 
radio, telephone, or similar oral or electronic means, 
and is proved conclusively by certification of the Sec-
retary of State or the Secretary’s designee.’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Sec-
tions 303, 307, 308, 310, 901(q), and 902(o) of the Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–241) are repealed. 
SEC. 8. AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109–364. 
(a) UPDATING
OF
CROSS
REFERENCES.—Section 
1017(b)(2) of the John Warner National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364, 10 
U.S.C. 2631 note) is amended by striking ‘‘section 27 of 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. 883), section 
12106 of title 46, United States Code, and section 2 of the 
Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. App. 802)’’ and inserting 
‘‘sections 12112, 50501, and 55102 of title 46, United States 
Code’’. 
(b) SECTION 51306(e).— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 51306 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) ALTERNATE SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) SERVICE AS COMMISSIONED OFFICER.—An 
individual who, for the 5-year period following grad-
uation from the Academy, serves as a commissioned 
officer on active duty in an armed force of the United 
States or as a commissioned officer of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Pub-
lic Health Service shall be excused from the require-
ments of subsection (a)(3)–(5). 
‘‘(2) MODIFICATION OR WAIVER.—The Secretary 
may modify or waive any of the terms and conditions 
set forth in subsection (a) through the imposition of 
alternative service requirements.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Section 51306(e) of title 46, 
United States Code, as added by this subsection, ap-
plies only to an individual who enrolls as a cadet at 
the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and 
signs an agreement under section 51306(a) of title 46, 
after October 17, 2006. 
(c) SECTION 51306(f).— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 51306 of title 46, 
United States Code, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) SERVICE OBLIGATION PERFORMANCE REPORTING 
REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to any otherwise ap-
plicable restrictions on disclosure in section 552a of 
title 5, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating, 
the Administrator of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration, and the Surgeon General 
of the Public Health Service— 
‘‘(A) shall report the status of obligated 
service of an individual graduate of the Academy 
upon request of the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) may, in their discretion, notify the 
Secretary of any failure of the graduate to per-
form the graduate’s duties, either on active duty 
or in the Ready Reserve component of their re-
spective service, or as a commissioned officer of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration or the Public Health Service, respec-
tively. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—A report 
or notice under paragraph (1) shall identify any 
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graduate determined to have failed to comply with 
service obligation requirements and provide all re-
quired information as to why such graduate failed to 
comply. 
‘‘(3) CONSIDERED AS IN DEFAULT.—Upon re-
ceipt of such a report or notice, such graduate may 
be considered to be in default of the graduate’s service 
obligations by the Secretary, and subject to all rem-
edies the Secretary may have with respect to such a 
default.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Section 51306(f) of title 46, 
United States Code, as added by this subsection, does 
not apply with respect to an agreement entered into 
under section 51306(a) of title 46 before October 17, 
2006. 
(d) SECTION 51509(c).—Section 51509(c) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘Midshipman and’’ in the subsection 
heading and ‘‘midshipman and’’ in the text; and 
(2) inserting ‘‘or the Coast Guard Reserve’’ after 
‘‘Reserve)’’. 
(e) SECTION 51908(a).—Section 51908(a) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under this 
chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘by this chapter or the Secretary 
of Transportation’’. 
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(f) SECTION 53105(e)(2).—Section 53105(e)(2) of title 
46, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 2 
of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. App. 802),’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 50501 of this title’’. 
(g) REPEAL
OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Sec-
tions 3505, 3506, 3508, and 3510(a) and (b) of the John 
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (Public Law 109–364) are repealed. 
SEC. 9. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DELETION OF OBSOLETE REFERENCE TO CANTON 
ISLAND.—Section 55101(b) of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the end 
of paragraph (2); 
(2) striking paragraph (3); and 
(3) redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
(3). 
(b) IMPROVEMENT OF HEADING.—Title 46, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) The heading of section 55110 is amended by 
inserting ‘‘valueless material or’’ before ‘‘dredged ma-
terial’’. 
(2) The item for section 55110 in the analysis of 
chapter 551 is amended by inserting ‘‘valueless mate-
rial or’’ before ‘‘dredged material’’. 
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SEC. 10. APPLICATION OF SUNSET PROVISION TO CODIFIED 
PROVISION. 
For purposes of section 303 of the Jobs and Growth 
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (Public Law 108– 
27, 26 U.S.C. 1 note), the amendment made by section 
301(a)(2)(E) of that Act shall be deemed to have been made 
to section 53511(f)(2) of title 46, United States Code. 
SEC. 11. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 46.—Title 46, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) The analysis of chapter 21 is amended by 
striking the item for section 2108. 
(2) Section 12113(g) is amended by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Conservation’’. 
(3) Section 12131 is amended by striking 
‘‘commmand’’ and inserting ‘‘command’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 109–304.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.—Public Law 109–304 is 
amended as follows: 
(A) Section 15(10) is amended by striking 
‘‘46 App. U.S.C.’’ and inserting ‘‘46 U.S.C. 
App.’’. 
(B) Section 15(30) is amended by striking 
‘‘Shipping Act, 1936’’ and inserting ‘‘Shipping 
Act, 1916’’. 
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(C) The schedule of Statutes at Large re-
pealed in section 19, as it relates to the Act of 
June 29, 1936, is amended by— 
(i) striking the second section ‘‘1111’’ 
(relating to 46 App. U.S.C. 1279f) and in-
serting section ‘‘1113’’; and 
(ii) striking the second section ‘‘1112’’ 
(relating to 46 App. U.S.C. 1279g) and in-
serting section ‘‘1114’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall be effective as if included in 
the enactment of Public Law 109–304. 
(c) REPEAL
OF DUPLICATIVE
OR UNEXECUTABLE 
AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
REPEAL.—Sections 
9(a), 
15(21) 
and 
(33)(A)–(D)(i), and 16(c)(2) of Public Law 109–304 
are repealed. 
(2) INTENDED EFFECT.—The provisions repealed 
by paragraph (1) shall be treated as if never enacted. 
(d) LARGE PASSENGER VESSEL CREW REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 8103(k)(3)(C)(iv) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and section 252 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1282)’’ 
after ‘‘of such section’’. 
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House Calendar No. 151 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3387 
[Report No. 110–437] 
A BILL 
To update and improve the codification of title 46, 
United States Code. 
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House 
Calendar, and ordered to be printed 
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