(b) MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—For fiscal 
year 2007, the Coast Guard is authorized average military 
training student loads as follows: 
(1) For recruit and special training, 2,500 stu-
dent years. 
(2) For flight training, 125 student years. 
(3) For professional training in military and ci-
vilian institutions, 350 student years. 
(4) For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
SEC. 201. APPOINTMENT OF CIVILIAN COAST GUARD 
JUDGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 153. Appointment of judges 
‘‘The Secretary may appoint civilian employees of the 
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating as ap-
pellate military judges, available for assignment to the 
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals as provided for 
in section 866(a) of title 10.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘153. Appointment of judges.’’. 
SEC. 202. INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES. 
Section 151 of title 14, United States Code is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘All orders’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ORDERS AND AGREEMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL AC-
TIVITIES.—Under this section, the Coast Guard industrial 
activities may accept orders and enter into reimbursable 
agreements with establishments, agencies, and departments 
of the Department of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 203. REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAL-RELATED TRAV-
EL EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 518. Reimbursement for medical-related travel ex-
penses for certain persons residing on is-
lands in the continental United States 
‘‘In any case in which a covered beneficiary (as de-
fined in section 1072(5) of title 10) resides on an island 
that is located in the 48 contiguous States and the District 
of Columbia and that lacks public access roads to the main-
land and is referred by a primary care physician to a spe-
cialty care provider (as defined in section 1074i(b) of title 
10) on the mainland who provides services less than 100 
miles from the location where the beneficiary resides, the 
Secretary shall reimburse the reasonable travel expenses of 
the covered beneficiary and, when accompaniment by an 
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adult is necessary, for a parent or guardian of the covered 
beneficiary or another member of the covered beneficiary’s 
family who is at least 21 years of age.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘518. Reimbursement for medical-related travel expenses for certain persons resid-
ing on islands in the continental United States.’’. 
SEC. 204. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 
(a) ACTIVE DUTY PROMOTION LIST.—Section 42 of 
title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 42. Number and distribution of commissioned offi-
cers on active duty promotion list 
‘‘(a) MAXIMUM TOTAL NUMBER.—The total number of 
Coast Guard commissioned officers on the active duty pro-
motion list, excluding warrant officers, shall not exceed 
6,700; except that the Commandant may temporarily in-
crease such number by up to 2 percent for no more than 
60 days following the date of the commissioning of a Coast 
Guard Academy class. 
‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES BY GRADE.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED.—The total number of commis-
sioned officers authorized by this section shall be dis-
tributed in grade in the following percentages: 0.375 
percent for rear admiral; 0.375 percent for rear admi-
ral (lower half); 6.0 percent for captain; 15.0 percent 
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for commander; and 22.0 percent for lieutenant com-
mander. 
‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe the percentages applicable to the grades of lieu-
tenant, lieutenant (junior grade), and ensign. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY
OF
SECRETARY
TO
REDUCE 
PERCENTAGE.—The Secretary— 
‘‘(A) may reduce, as the needs of the Coast 
Guard require, any of the percentages set forth 
in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) shall apply that total percentage re-
duction to any other lower grade or combination 
of lower grades. 
‘‘(c) COMPUTATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall compute, 
at least once each year, the total number of commis-
sioned officers authorized to serve in each grade by 
applying the grade distribution percentages estab-
lished by or under this section to the total number of 
commissioned officers listed on the current active duty 
promotion list. 
‘‘(2) ROUNDING
FRACTIONS.—Subject to sub-
section (a), in making the computations under para-
graph (1), any fraction shall be rounded to the near-
est whole number. 
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‘‘(3) TREATMENT
OF
OFFICERS
SERVING
OUT-
SIDE COAST GUARD.—The number of commissioned 
officers on the active duty promotion list serving with 
other Federal departments or agencies on a reimburs-
able basis or excluded under section 324(d) of title 49 
shall not be counted against the total number of com-
missioned officers authorized to serve in each grade. 
‘‘(d) USE OF NUMBERS; TEMPORARY INCREASES.— 
The numbers resulting from computations under subsection 
(c) shall be, for all purposes, the authorized number in each 
grade; except that the authorized number for a grade is tem-
porarily increased during the period between one computa-
tion and the next by the number of officers originally ap-
pointed in that grade during that period and the number 
of officers of that grade for whom vacancies exist in the next 
higher grade but whose promotion has been delayed for any 
reason. 
‘‘(e) OFFICERS SERVING COAST GUARD ACADEMY AND 
RESERVE.—The number of officers authorized to be serving 
on active duty in each grade of the permanent commis-
sioned teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy and of 
the Reserve serving in connection with organizing, admin-
istering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve 
components shall be prescribed by the Secretary.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
3 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 42 and inserting the following: 
‘‘42. Number and distribution of commissioned officers on active duty promotion 
list.’’. 
SEC. 205. REPEAL OF TERMINATION DATE ON COAST 
GUARD HOUSING AUTHORITIES. 
Section 689 of title 14, United States Code, and the 
item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 18 
of such title, are repealed. 
SEC. 206. COAST GUARD PARTICIPATION IN THE ARMED 
FORCES RETIREMENT HOME (AFRH) SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1502 of the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 401) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking paragraph (4); 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) the Assistant Commandant of the 
Coast Guard for Human Resources.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end of paragraph (6) the 
following: 
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‘‘(E) The Master Chief Petty Officer of the 
Coast Guard.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 2772 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘or, in the 
case of the Coast Guard, the Commandant’’ after 
‘‘concerned’’ ; and 
(B) by striking subsection (c). 
(2) Section 1007(i) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘or, in the 
case of the Coast Guard, the Commandant’’ after 
‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4). 
SEC. 207. GRANTS TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANI-
ZATIONS. 
Section 149 of title 14, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘The President’’ ; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—After consultation with the Secretary of State, 
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the Commandant may make grants to, or enter into cooper-
ative agreements, contracts, or other agreements with, inter-
national maritime organizations for the purpose of acquir-
ing information or data about merchant vessel inspections, 
security, safety, classification, and port state or flag state 
law enforcement or oversight.’’. 
SEC. 208. EMERGENCY LEAVE RETENTION AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 425 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 426. Emergency leave retention authority 
‘‘With regard to a member of the Coast Guard who 
serves on active duty, a duty assignment in support of a 
declaration of a major disaster or emergency by the Presi-
dent under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) shall 
be treated, for the purpose of section 701(f)(2) of title 10, 
a duty assignment in support of a contingency operation.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 425 the following new item: 
‘‘426. Emergency leave retention authority.’’. 
SEC. 209. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘§ 99. Enforcement authority 
‘‘Subject to guidelines approved by the Secretary, 
members of the Coast Guard, in the performance of official 
duties, may— 
‘‘(1) carry a firearm; and 
‘‘(2) while at a facility (as defined in section 
70101 of title 46)— 
‘‘(A) make an arrest without warrant for 
any offense against the United States; and 
‘‘(B) seize property as otherwise provided 
by law.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—The first section added to 
title 46, United States Code, by the amendment made by 
subsection (a) of section 801 of the Coast Guard and Mari-
time Transportation Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 1078), and the 
item relating to such first section enacted by the amendment 
made by subsection (b) of such section 801, are repealed. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘99. Enforcement authority.’’. 
SEC. 210. NOTIFICATION. 
The Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating may not transfer the permanent head-
quarters of the United States Coast Guard Band until at 
least 180 days after the date on which a plan for such trans-
fer is submitted to the Committee on Transportation and 
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Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 211. REPEAL. 
Section 216 of title 14, United States Code, and the 
item relating to such section in the analysis for chapter 11 
of such title, are repealed. 
SEC. 212. MARITIME SAFETY FOR NUCLEAR POWER FACILI-
TIES LOCATED ADJACENT TO NAVIGABLE WA-
TERS. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITY.—Section 2 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before ‘‘and shall 
maintain a state of readiness’’ the following: ‘‘shall admin-
ister laws and promulgate and enforce regulations to assure 
the maritime safety of nuclear power facilities located adja-
cent to navigable waters of the United States not specifi-
cally delegated by law to some other executive department;’’. 
(b) COOPERATION WITH NRC.—Chapter 7 of such title 
is amended by inserting after section 147a the following: 
‘‘§ 147b. Nuclear regulatory commission 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant may enter into 
an agreement with the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission to enhance the maritime safety of the navigable 
waters of the United States that are located adjacent to a 
nuclear power plant. Such agreement shall provide for— 
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