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States and to perform functions to assist the United
States merchant marine, as determined necessary by
the Secretary.’’.
(5)(A) Section 51907 is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘§ 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) The item relating to section 51907 in the
chapter analysis for chapter 519 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
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the end of chapter 541 of title 46, as inserted by sub-
paragraph (A).
(C) The heading of such section, as transferred
by subparagraph (B), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 54101. Assistance for small shipyards and maritime
communities’’.
(D) Paragraph (1) of subsection (h) of such sec-
tion, as transferred by subparagraph (B), is amended
by striking ‘‘(15 U.S.C. 632);’’ and inserting ‘‘(15
U.S.C. 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OF SUPERSEDED AMENDMENTS.—Sec-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109–163) are repealed.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. 5205. AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109–171.
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 60301 of title 46, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘2 cents per ton (but not more
than a total of 10 cents per ton per year)’’ in sub-
section (a) and inserting ‘‘4.5 cents per ton, not to ex-
ceed a total of 22.5 cents per ton per year, for fiscal
years 2006 through 2010, and 2 cents per ton, not to
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exceed a total of 10 cents per ton per year, for each
fiscal year thereafter,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘6 cents per ton (but not more
than a total of 30 cents per ton per year)’’ in sub-
section (b) and inserting ‘‘13.5 cents per ton, not to
exceed a total of 67.5 cents per ton per year, for fiscal
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. 5206. 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
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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
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—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2);
(B) by striking ‘‘organizations.’’ in para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘organizations; and’’;
and
(C) by 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.’’.
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(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-
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. 5207. 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