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a report on the assessment conducted under subsection (a). Such 
report shall include— 
(1) the amount, in United States dollars, of subsidies, 
indirect state support, and other financial infrastructure or 
benefits provided by a foreign state described in subsection 
(a) to— 
(A) the shipping industry of each country as a whole; 
(B) the shipping industry as a percent of gross domestic 
product of each country; and 
(C) each ship on average, by ship type for cargo, tanker, 
and bulk; 
(2) the amount, in United States dollars, of subsidies, 
indirect state support, and other financial infrastructure or 
benefits provided by a foreign state described in subsection 
(a) to the shipping industry of another foreign state, including 
favorable financial arrangements for ship construction; 
(3) a description of the shipping industry activities of state- 
owned enterprises of a foreign state described in subsection 
(a); 
(4) a description of the type of support provided by a 
foreign state described in subsection (a), including tax relief, 
direct payment, indirect support of state-controlled financial 
entities, or other such support, as determined by the Under 
Secretary; and 
(5) a description of how the subsidies provided by a foreign 
state described in subsection (a) may be disadvantaging the 
competitiveness of vessels documented under the laws of the 
United States that are engaged in foreign commerce and the 
national security of the United States. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘foreign commerce’’ means— 
(A) commerce or trade between the United States, its 
territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia, and 
a foreign country; 
(B) commerce or trade between foreign countries; or 
(C) commerce or trade within a foreign country. 
(2) The term ‘‘foreign state’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1603(a) of title 28, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘shipping industry’’ means the construction, 
ownership, chartering, operation, or financing of vessels 
engaged in foreign commerce. 
SEC. 3528. REPORT ON ALTERNATE MARINE FUEL BUNKERING FACILI-
TIES AT PORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall make 
publicly available on an appropriate website a report on the nec-
essary port-related infrastructure needed to support bunkering 
facilities for liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, ammonia, or other 
new marine fuels under development. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(1) information about the existing United States infrastruc-
ture, in particular the storage facilities, bunkering vessels, 
and transfer systems to support bunkering facilities for lique-
fied natural gas, hydrogen, ammonia, or other new marine 
fuels under development;
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(2) a review of the needed upgrades to United States infra-
structure, including storage facilities, bunkering vessels, and 
transfer systems, to support bunkering facilities for liquefied 
natural gas, hydrogen, ammonia, or other new marine fuels 
under development; 
(3) an assessment of the estimated Government investment 
in this infrastructure and the duration of that investment; 
and 
(4) in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies, information on the relevant Federal agencies that 
would oversee the permitting and construction of bunkering 
facilities for liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, ammonia, or other 
new marine fuels, as well as the Federal funding grants or 
formula programs that could be used for such marine fuels. 
SEC. 3529. STUDY OF CYBERSECURITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY 
THREATS POSED BY FOREIGN MANUFACTURED CRANES 
AT UNITED STATES PORTS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Maritime Administrator, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and 
the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency, shall conduct a study to assess whether there are cybersecu-
rity or national security threats posed by foreign manufactured 
cranes at United States ports. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator shall 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
a report containing the results of the study required under 
subsection (a). 
(2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
Subtitle D—Maritime Workforce 
SEC. 3531. IMPROVING PROTECTIONS FOR MIDSHIPMEN. 
(a) SUPPORTING
THE
UNITED
STATES
MERCHANT
MARINE 
ACADEMY.—Chapter 513 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 51325. Sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention 
information management system 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2023, the 
Maritime Administrator shall establish within the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy Sexual Assault prevention 
and Response Program, an information management system 
to track and maintain, in such a manner that patterns can 
be reasonably identified, information regarding claims and 
incidents involving cadets that are reportable pursuant to sub-
section (d) of section 51318 of this chapter.
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‘‘(2) INFORMATION MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM.—Informa-
tion maintained in the system established under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following information, to the extent that 
information is available: 
‘‘(A) The overall number of sexual assault or sexual 
harassment incidents per fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) The location of each such incident, including vessel 
name and the name of the company operating the vessel, 
if applicable. 
‘‘(C) The standardized job title or position of the 
individuals involved in each such incident. 
‘‘(D) The general nature of each such incident, to 
include copies of any associated reports completed on the 
incidents. 
‘‘(E) The type of inquiry made into each such incident. 
‘‘(F) A record of whether each such incident was 
substantiated by the relevant investigative process. 
‘‘(3) 
PAST
INFORMATION
INCLUDED.—The 
information 
management system under this section shall include the rel-
evant data listed in this subsection related to sexual assault 
and sexual harassment that the Maritime Administrator pos-
sesses, and shall not be limited to data collected after January 
1, 2023. 
‘‘(4) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—The Maritime Administrator 
and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of 
Transportation shall coordinate to ensure that the information 
management system under this section shall— 
‘‘(A) be established and maintained in a secure fashion 
to ensure the protection of the privacy of any individuals 
whose information is entered in such system; and 
‘‘(B) be free of personally identifiable information and 
maintain only the data required to satisfy the statistical 
purpose of such system. 
‘‘(5) 
CYBERSECURITY
AUDIT.—Ninety 
days 
after 
the 
implementation of the information management system, the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of Transportation 
shall commence an audit of the cybersecurity of the system 
and shall submit a report containing the results of that audit 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(6) CORRECTING RECORDS.—In establishing the information 
management system, the Maritime Administrator shall create 
a process to ensure that if any incident report results in a 
final agency action or final judgement that acquits an individual 
of wrongdoing, all personally identifiable information about 
the acquitted individual is removed from that incident report 
in the system. 
‘‘(b) SEA YEAR PROGRAM.—The Maritime Administrator shall 
provide for the establishment of in-person and virtual confidential 
exit interviews, to be conducted by personnel who are not involved 
in the assignment of the midshipmen to a Sea Year vessel, for 
midshipmen from the Academy upon completion of Sea Year and 
following completion by the midshipmen of the survey under section 
51322(d). 
‘‘(c) DATA-INFORMED DECISIONMAKING.—The data maintained 
in the data management system under subsection (a) and through
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the exit interviews under subsection (b) shall be affirmatively ref-
erenced and used to inform the creation of new policy or regulation, 
or changes to any existing policy or regulation, in the areas of 
sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking. 
‘‘§ 51326. Student advisory board at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Maritime Administrator shall establish 
at the United States Merchant Marine Academy an advisory board 
to be known as the Advisory Board to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation (referred to in this section as the ‘Advisory Board’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Board shall be composed of 
not fewer than 12 midshipmen of the Merchant Marine Academy 
who are enrolled at the Merchant Marine Academy at the time 
of the appointment, including not fewer than 3 cadets from each 
class. 
‘‘(c) APPOINTMENT; TERM.—Midshipmen shall serve on the 
Advisory Board pursuant to appointment by the Maritime Adminis-
trator. Appointments shall be made not later than 60 days after 
the date of the swearing in of a new class of midshipmen at 
the Academy. The term of membership of a midshipmen on the 
Advisory Board shall be 1 academic year. 
‘‘(d) 
REAPPOINTMENT.—The 
Maritime 
Administrator 
may 
reappoint not more than 6 cadets from the previous term to serve 
on the Advisory Board for an additional academic year if the Mari-
time Administrator determines such reappointment to be in the 
best interests of the Merchant Marine Academy. 
‘‘(e) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Board shall meet with the Sec-
retary of Transportation not less than once each academic year 
to discuss the activities of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board 
shall meet in person with the Maritime Administrator not less 
than 2 times each academic year to discuss the activities of the 
Advisory Board. 
‘‘(f) DUTIES.—The Advisory Board shall— 
‘‘(1) identify health and wellbeing, diversity, and sexual 
assault and harassment challenges and other topics considered 
important by the Advisory Board facing midshipmen at the 
Merchant Marine Academy, off campus, and while aboard ships 
during Sea Year or other training opportunities; 
‘‘(2) discuss and propose possible solutions, including 
improvements to culture and leadership development at the 
Merchant Marine Academy; and 
‘‘(3) periodically review the efficacy of the program in sec-
tion 51325(b), as appropriate, and provide recommendations 
to the Maritime Administrator for improvement. 
‘‘(g) WORKING GROUPS.—The Advisory Board may establish one 
or more working groups to assist the Advisory Board in carrying 
out its duties, including working groups composed in part of mid-
shipmen at the Merchant Marine Academy who are not current 
members of the Advisory Board. 
‘‘(h) REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS.—The Advisory Board shall regu-
larly provide the Secretary of Transportation and the Maritime 
Administrator reports and briefings on the results of its duties, 
including recommendations for actions to be taken in light of such 
results. Such reports and briefings may be provided in writing, 
in person, or both.