‘‘(P) identify market opportunities for, and 
impediments to, the use of United States-flag 
vessels in trade with Canada on the Great 
Lakes.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b)(4) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) $2,100,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
‘‘(B) $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(C) $2,300,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(D) $2,400,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(E) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
SEC. 404. CONVEYANCE. 
(a) STATION BRANT POINT BOAT HOUSE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the de-
partment in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 
convey to the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to the buildings known as the Station Brant Point 
Boat House located at Coast Guard Station Brant 
Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts, for use for a public 
purpose. 
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(2) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.—A conveyance of 
the building under paragraph (1) shall be made— 
(A) without the payment of consideration; 
and 
(B) subject to appropriate terms and condi-
tions the Secretary considers necessary. 
(3) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—All right, title, 
and interest in property conveyed under this sub-
section shall revert to the United States if any por-
tion of the property is used other than for a public 
purpose. 
(b) LEASE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the de-
partment in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 
enter into a lease with the town of Nantucket that au-
thorizes the town of Nantucket to occupy the land on 
which the buildings conveyed under subsection (a) are 
located, subject to appropriate terms and conditions 
the Secretary considers necessary. 
(2) LEASE TERM.—A lease under this subsection 
shall not expire before January 31, 2033. 
(3) TERMINATION OF LEASE.—If the Secretary 
determines that the property leased under paragraph 
(1) is necessary for purposes of the Coast Guard, the 
Secretary— 
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(A) may terminate the lease without pay-
ment of compensation; and 
(B) shall provide the town of Nantucket not 
less than 12 months notice of the requirement to 
vacate the site and move the buildings conveyed 
under subsection (a) to another location. 
SEC. 405. CREW WAGES ON PASSENGER VESSELS. 
(a) FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES.— 
(1) CAP ON PENALTY WAGES.—Section 10313(g) 
of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Subject to paragraph (2), when’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The total amount required to be paid under para-
graph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action suit 
by seamen on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more 
than 500 passengers for wages under this section against 
a vessel master, owner, or operator or the employer of the 
seamen shall not exceed ten times the unpaid wages that 
are the subject of the claims. 
‘‘(3) A class action suit for wages under this subsection 
must be commenced within three years after the later of— 
‘‘(A) the date of the end of the last voyage for 
which the wages are claimed; or 
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‘‘(B) the receipt, by a seaman who is a claimant 
in the suit, of a payment of wages that are the subject 
of the suit that is made in the ordinary course of em-
ployment.’’. 
(2) DEPOSITS.—Section 10315 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) DEPOSITS IN SEAMAN ACCOUNT.—A seaman em-
ployed on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more than 
500 passengers may authorize, by written request signed by 
the seaman, the master, owner, or operator of the vessel, 
or the employer of the seaman, to make deposits of wages 
of the seaman into a checking, savings, investment, or re-
tirement account, or other account to secure a payroll or 
debit card for the seaman if— 
‘‘(1) the wages designated by the seaman for such 
deposit are deposited in a United States or inter-
national financial institution designated by the sea-
man; 
‘‘(2) such deposits in the financial institution 
are fully guaranteed under commonly accepted inter-
national standards by the government of the country 
in which the financial institution is licensed; 
‘‘(3) a written wage statement or pay stub, in-
cluding an accounting of any direct deposit, is deliv-
ered to the seaman no less often than monthly; and 
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‘‘(4) while on board the vessel on which the sea-
man is employed, the seaman is able to arrange for 
withdrawal of all funds on deposit in the account in 
which the wages are deposited.’’. 
(b) COASTWISE VOYAGES.— 
(1) CAP ON PENALTY WAGES.—Section 10504(c) 
of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Subject to subsection (d), and except as provided 
in paragraph (2), when’’; and 
(B) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The total amount required to be paid under para-
graph (1) with respect to all claims in a class action suit 
by seamen on a passenger vessel capable of carrying more 
than 500 passengers for wages under this section against 
a vessel master, owner, or operator or the employer of the 
seamen shall not exceed ten times the unpaid wages that 
are the subject of the claims. 
‘‘(3) A class action suit for wages under this subsection 
must be commenced within three years after the later of— 
‘‘(A) the date of the end of the last voyage for 
which the wages are claimed; or 
‘‘(B) the receipt, by a seaman who is a claimant 
in the suit, of a payment of wages that are the subject 
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