enactment of this Act, shall award 9 contracts for this
purpose.
(b) USE
OF
VARIOUS
CONTRACTING
ARRANGE-
MENTS.—In conducting a pilot program under this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Transportation shall use contracting
arrangements similar to those used by the Department of
Defense for procuring maintenance and repair of its
vessels.
(c) CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.—Each contract with
a shipyard under this section shall—
(1) subject to subsection (d), provide for the
procurement from the shipyard of all repair and
maintenance (including activation, deactivation, and
drydocking) for one vessel in the Ready Reserve
Force that is outported in the geographical vicinity
of the shipyard; and
(2) be effective for 3 years.
(d) LIMITATION ON WORK UNDER CONTRACTS.—A
contract under this section may not provide for the pro-
curement of operation or manning for a vessel that may
be procured under another contract for the vessel to which
section 11(d)(2) of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946
(50 App. U.S.C. 1744(d)(2)) applies.
(e) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary
shall seek to award contracts under this section to ship-
yards that are distributed throughout the United States.
(f) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to the
Congress—
(1) an interim report on the effectiveness of
each contract under this section in providing for eco-
nomic and efficient repair and maintenance of the
vessel covered by the contract, by not later than 20
months after the date of the enactment of this Act;
and
(2) a final report on that effectiveness, by not
later than 6 months after the termination of all con-
tracts awarded pursuant to this section.
SEC. 10. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF READY RESERVE
FORCE VESSELS.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall submit a report to the Congress which de-
scribes where vessels in the Ready Reserve Force will be
located in fiscal year 1994.
(b) CONSIDERATION OF PORTS IN LOCATING VES-
SELS.—In selecting locations where Ready Reserve Force
vessels will be outported, the Secretary of Transportation
shall consider ports that have historically been involved in
outporting of those vessels.
SEC. 11. MARITIME POLICY REPORT.
(a) REPORT.—The Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a report setting forth the De-
partment of Transportation’s policies for the 5-year period
beginning October 1, 1993, with respect to—
(1) fostering and maintaining a United States
merchant marine capable of meeting economic and
national security requirements;
(2) improving the vitality and competitiveness
of the United States merchant marine and the mari-
time industrial base, including ship repairers, ship-
builders, ship manning, ship operators, and ship
suppliers;
(3) reversing the precipitous decrease in the
number of ships in the United States-flag fleet and
the Nation’s shipyard and repair capability;
(4) stabilizing and eventually increasing the
number of mariners available to crew United States
merchant vessels;
(5) achieving adequate manning of merchant
vessels for national security needs during a mobiliza-
tion;
(6) ensuring that sufficient civil maritime re-
sources will be available to meet defense deployment
and essential economic requirements in support of
our national security strategy;
(7) ensuring that the United States maintains
the capability to respond unilaterally to security
threats in geographic areas not covered by alliance
commitments and otherwise meets sealift require-
ments in the event of crisis or war;
(8) ensuring that international agreements and
practices do not place United States maritime indus-
tries at an unfair competitive disadvantage in world
markets;
(9) ensuring that Federal agencies promote,
through efficient application of laws and regulations,
the readiness of the United States merchant marine
and supporting industries; and
(10) any other relevant maritime policies.
(b) DATE OF TRANSMITTAL.—The report required
under subsection (a) shall be transmitted along with the
President’s budget submission, pursuant to section 1105
of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 12. PILOT PROGRAM ON SEALIFT TRAINING.
The Secretary of Transportation shall establish a 3-
year pilot program for Sealift Training at the Massachu-
setts Maritime Academy.
SEC. 13. SPECIAL RULE FOR VESSEL CONSTRUCTION GUAR-
ANTEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of
title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App.
U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), in guaranteeing an obligation under
that title with amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994,
the Secretary of Transportation shall guarantee an
amount of principal or interest (or both) that is equal to
871⁄2 percent of the actual cost or depreciated actual cost
(as those terms are defined in that title) of the vessel or
facility that is used as security for the guarantee.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to
the guarantee of an obligation if the Secretary determines
that—
(1) special economic circumstances exist; and
(2) there is good cause for guaranteeing a less-
er percentage of principal or interest (or both) au-
thorized by that title.
SEC. 14. WAIVERS FOR CERTAIN VESSELS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 12106,
12107, and 12108 of title 46, United States Code, and
section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App.
U.S.C. 883), the Secretary of Transportation may issue
a certificate of documentation for the following vessels:
(1) AFTERSAIL (United States official num-
ber 689427).
(2) ALEXANDRIA (United States official
number 586490).
(3) ARIEL (United States official number
954762).
(4) BRANDARIS (Rhode Island registration
number 2848N; former United States official num-
ber 263174).
(5) COMPASS ROSE (United States official
number 695865).
(6) DIXIE (United States official number
513159).
(7) GRAY (Connecticut State vessel number
CT5944AJ).
(8) GYPSY COWBOY (United States official
number 550771).
(9) IMPATIENT LADY (United States official
number 553952).
(10) ISLAND GIRL (United States official
number 674840).
(11) LAURISA (United States official number
924052).
(12) MARINER (United States official number
285452).
(13) MOONSHINE (United States official
number 974226).
(14) MYSTIQUE (United States official num-
ber 921194).
(15) NORTHERN LIGHT (United States offi-
cial number 237510).
(16) PLAY PRETTY (United States official
number 975346).
(17) PRINCE OF TIDES II (United States of-
ficial number 903858).
(18) SHILOH (United States official number
902675).
(19) SWELL DANCER (United States official
number 622046).
(20) TESSA (United States official number
675130).
(21) TOP DUCK (United States official num-
ber 990973).
SEC. 15. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Transportation may not approve the transfer of
a United States-documented oceangoing merchant vessel
that is of 3,000 gross tons or more (or that type of a
vessel the last documentation of which was under the laws
of the United States) to a foreign registry under section
9(c) of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 App. U.S.C. 808)
through December 31, 1994.
SEC. 16. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO COAST GUARD MARI-
TIME ACADEMY RESERVE TRAINING PRO-
GRAM.
(a) NAVAL RESERVE STATUS.—Section 1304(g)(2)
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C.
1304(g)(2)) is amended by inserting before the period the
following: ‘‘, unless the individual participates in the Coast
Guard Maritime Academy Reserve Training Program’’.
(b) 
RESERVE
SERVICE
OBLIGATION.—Section
1304(g)(3)(D) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46
App. U.S.C. 1304(g)(3)(D)) is amended by—
(1) inserting ‘‘(i) after ‘‘commissioned officer’’;
(2) inserting ‘‘(except as provided in clause
(ii))’’ after ‘‘the United States Coast Guard Re-
serve’’; and
(3) inserting before the semicolon at the end
the following: ‘‘; or (ii) in the United States Coast
Guard Reserve for such period following that date of
graduation as may be established by the Secretary
of the department in which the Coast Guard is oper-
ating, in the case of an individual that participates
in the Coast Guard Maritime Academy Reserve
Training Program;’’.
(c) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO FULFILL INCEN-
TIVE PAYMENT AGREEMENT.—Section 1304(g) of the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1304(g)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘, except as
provided in paragraph (8),’’ after ‘‘such individual
may’’;
(2) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘, except as
provided in paragraph (8),’’ after ‘‘such individual
may’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8)(A) Paragraphs (4) and (5) shall not apply to
a failure to fulfill a part of an agreement, by an individual
who—
‘‘(i) is enlisted in the United States Coast
Guard Reserve; and
‘‘(ii) participates in the Coast Guard Maritime
Academy Reserve Training Program.
‘‘(B) If the Secretary determines that an individual
described in subparagraph (A) has failed to fulfill any part
of the agreement (required by paragraph (1)) described
in paragraph (3), the individual may be ordered to active
duty in the Coast Guard to serve for a period of time de-
termined by the Commandant of the Coast Guard, not to
exceed 2 years. In cases of hardship as determined by the
Secretary, the Secretary may waive this subparagraph.’’.
(d) COAST GUARD MARITIME ACADEMY RESERVE
TRAINING PROGRAM DEFINED.—Section 1304(g) of the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1304(g)), as
amended by this section, is further amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(9) In this subsection, the term ‘Coast Guard Mari-
time Academy Reserve Training Program’ means that
program established by the Commandant of the Coast
Guard, as in effect on the date of the enactment of the
Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1994.’’.
SEC. 17. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT
No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in ex-
pending the assistance the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
SEC. 18. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING
NOTICE
(a) PURCHASE
OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or prod-
ucts that may be authorized to be purchased with financial
assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the
Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in
expending the assistance, purchase only American-made
equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the head of
each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient of the
assistance a notice describing the statement made in sub-
section (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 19. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and
ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1993.
Attest:
Clerk.