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States Code, unless that vessel is also a replacement 
vessel described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(6) GULF OF ALASKA LIMITATION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the Secretary shall prohibit 
from participation in the groundfish fisheries of the 
Gulf of Alaska any vessel that is rebuilt or replaced 
under this subsection and that exceeds the maximum 
length overall specified on the license that authorizes 
fishing for groundfish pursuant to the license limita-
tion program under part 679 of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of en-
actment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2006. 
‘‘(7) AUTHORITY OF PACIFIC COUNCIL.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to diminish or 
otherwise affect the authority of the Pacific Council 
to recommend to the Secretary conservation and 
management measures to protect fisheries under its 
jurisdiction (including the Pacific whiting fishery) 
and participants in such fisheries from adverse im-
pacts caused by this Act.’’. 
(2) EXEMPTION
OF
CERTAIN
VESSELS.—Sec-
tion 203(g) of the American Fisheries Act (title II 
of division C of Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 
2681-620) is amended— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘(United 
States official number 651041)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘, NORTHERN TRAV-
ELER (United States official number 635986), 
and NORTHERN VOYAGER (United States 
official number 637398) (or a replacement ves-
sel for the NORTHERN VOYAGER that com-
plies with paragraphs (2), (5), and (6) of sec-
tion 208(g) of this Act)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘, in the case of the 
NORTHERN’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘PHOENIX,’’. 
(3) 
FISHERY
COOPERATIVE
EXIT
PROVI-
SIONS.—Section 210(b) of the American Fisheries 
Act (title II of division C of Public Law 105–277; 
112 Stat. 2681-629) is amended— 
(A) by moving the matter beginning with 
‘‘the Secretary shall’’ in paragraph (1) 2 ems to 
the right; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) FISHERY
COOPERATIVE
EXIT
PROVI-
SIONS.— 
‘‘(A) FISHING
ALLOWANCE
DETERMINA-
TION.—For purposes of determining the aggre-
gate percentage of directed fishing allowances 
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under paragraph (1), when a catcher vessel is 
removed from the directed pollock fishery, the 
fishery allowance for pollock for the vessel being 
removed— 
‘‘(i) shall be based on the catch his-
tory determination for the vessel made 
pursuant to section 679.62 of title 50, 
Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on the date of enactment of the Coast 
Guard Authorization Act 2006; and 
‘‘(ii) shall be assigned, for all pur-
poses under this title, in the manner speci-
fied by the owner of the vessel being re-
moved to any other catcher vessel or 
among other catcher vessels participating 
in the fishery cooperative if such vessel or 
vessels remain in the fishery cooperative 
for at least one year after the date on 
which the vessel being removed leaves the 
directed pollock fishery. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY FOR FISHERY ENDORSE-
MENT.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), a vessel that is removed pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be permanently ineligible for a 
fishery endorsement, and any claim (including 
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relating to catch history) associated with such 
vessel that could qualify any owner of such ves-
sel for any permit to participate in any fishery 
within the exclusive economic zone of the 
United States shall be extinguished, unless such 
removed vessel is thereafter designated to re-
place a vessel to be removed pursuant to this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATIONS
ON
STATUTORY
CON-
STRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph shall 
be construed— 
‘‘(i) to make the vessels AJ (United 
States official number 905625), DONA 
MARTITA (United States official number 
651751), NORDIC EXPLORER (United 
States 
official 
number 
678234), 
and 
PROVIDIAN (United States official num-
ber 1062183) ineligible for a fishery en-
dorsement or any permit necessary to par-
ticipate in any fishery under the authority 
of the New England Fishery Management 
Council or the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Man-
agement Council established, respectively, 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sec-
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tion 302(a)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act; or 
‘‘(ii) to allow the vessels referred to in 
clause (i) to participate in any fishery 
under the authority of the Councils re-
ferred to in clause (i) in any manner that 
is not consistent with the fishery manage-
ment plan for the fishery developed by the 
Councils under section 303 of the Magnu-
son-Stevens Act.’’. 
(c) VESSEL SAFETY STANDARDS.— 
(1) LOADLINES.—Section 5102(b)(3) of title 
46, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘a 
fishing vessel.’’ and inserting ‘‘a fishing vessel unless 
the vessel is— 
‘‘(A) a rebuilt vessel under section 208(g) 
of the American Fisheries Act (title II of divi-
sion C of Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 
2681–627); or 
‘‘(B) a replacement vessel under such sec-
tion and the replacement vessel did not harvest 
fish under section 208(a), 208(b), 208(c), or 
208(e) of that Act before June 1, 2006.’’. 
(2) CLASSING.—Section 4503 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(A) in subsection (a) by inserting after 
‘‘A’’ the following: ‘‘fishing or’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY
TO FISHING VESSELS.—This 
section applies to a fishing vessel to which this chapter 
applies that is— 
‘‘(1) a rebuilt vessel under section 208(g) of the 
American Fisheries Act (title II of division C of 
Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681-627); or 
‘‘(2) a replacement vessel under such section 
and the replacement vessel did not harvest fish 
under section 208(a), 208(b), 208(c), or 208(e) of 
that Act before June 1, 2006.’’; and 
(C) in the heading for such section by 
striking ‘‘Fish’’ and inserting ‘‘Fishing and 
fish’’. 
(d) 
CONVERSION
TO
CATCHER/PROCESSOR 
SHARES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) AMENDMENT
OF
PLAN.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
amend the fishery management plan for Bering 
Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Plan’’) for 
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the Northern Region (as that term is used in 
the Plan) to authorize entities affiliated 
through common ownership to elect on an an-
nual basis to work together to combine any of 
their catcher vessel owner quota shares for the 
Northern Region with any of their processor 
quota shares and to exchange them for newly 
created catcher/processor owner quota shares 
for the Northern Region. 
(B) EXCHANGE
RATE.—The entities re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) shall receive 
under the amendment one unit of newly created 
catcher/processor owner quota shares in ex-
change for one unit of catcher vessel owner 
quota shares and 0.9 units of processor quota 
shares. 
(C) AREA
OF
VALIDITY.—Each unit of 
newly created catcher/processor owner quota 
shares under this paragraph shall only be valid 
for the Northern Region. 
(2) FEES.— 
(A) LOCAL
FEES.—The holder of the 
newly created catcher/processor owner quota 
shares under paragraph (1) shall pay a fee of 
5.0 percent of the ex-vessel value of the crab 
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harvested pursuant to those shares to any local 
governmental entities in the Northern Region, 
that would otherwise have received tax revenues 
from local raw fish taxes had the exchange au-
thorized by paragraph (1) not occurred. 
(B) STATE
FEE.—The State of Alaska 
may collect from the holder of the newly created 
catcher/processor owner quota shares under 
paragraph (1) a fee of 1.0 percent of the ex-ves-
sel value of the crab harvested pursuant to 
those shares. 
(3) LANDING REQUIREMENT.—Crab harvested 
pursuant to catcher/processor owner quota shares 
created under this subsection shall be landed in 
those communities receiving the local governmental 
entities fee revenue set forth in paragraph (2)(A). 
(4) PERIODIC COUNCIL REVIEW.—As part of its 
periodic review of the Plan referred to in paragraph 
(1), the North Pacific Fishery Management Council 
may review the effect, if any, of this subsection upon 
communities in the Northern Region. If the Council 
determines that this section adversely affects the 
communities, the Council may recommend to the 
Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary may ap-
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prove, such changes to the Plan as are necessary to 
mitigate those adverse effects. 
(5) LIMITATION ON APPLICATIONS.—Paragraph 
(1) shall apply only with respect to entities that— 
(A) were initially awarded catcher/proc-
essor owner quota shares under the Plan; and 
(B) either were initially awarded processor 
quota shares under the Plan or received such 
shares under section 417(a) of the Coast Guard 
and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–241; 120 Stat. 546). 
SEC. 302. GOODS AND SERVICES. 
Section 4(b) of the Act of July 5, 1884, commonly 
known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 
1884 (33 U.S.C. 5(b)), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2)(C); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) sales taxes on goods and services provided 
to or by vessels or watercraft (other than vessels or 
watercraft primarily engaged in foreign com-
merce).’’. 
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SEC. 303. MARITIME ACTIVITIES. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 
prepare and submit to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate a report on the use of funds provided to 
the Alaska Sealife Center from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund. 
SEC. 304. SEAWARD EXTENSION OF ANCHORAGE GROUNDS 
JURISDICTION. 
Section 7 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations 
Act of 1915 (33 U.S.C. 471) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before ‘‘The’’ the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’. 
(2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para-
graph (1)) by striking ‘‘$100; and the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘up to $10,000. Each day during which a viola-
tion continues shall constitute a separate violation. 
The’’; 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section ‘navigable 
waters of the United States’ includes all waters of the ter-
ritorial sea of the United States as described in Presi-
dential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988.’’. 
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SEC. 305. MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT 
AMENDMENT-SIMPLE POSSESSION. 
The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 
U.S.C. App. 1901-1904) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1905. SIMPLE POSSESSION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any individual at a facility (as 
defined under section 70101 of title 46, United States 
Code) or on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States who is found by the Secretary, after notice 
and an opportunity for a hearing, to have knowingly or 
intentionally possessed a controlled substance within the 
meaning of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
812) shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty 
of not to exceed $10,000 for each violation. The Secretary 
shall notify the individual in writing of the amount of the 
civil penalty. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—In determining 
the amount of the penalty, the Secretary shall consider 
the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the pro-
hibited acts committed and, with respect to the violator, 
the degree of culpability, any history of prior offenses, 
ability to pay, and other matters that justice requires. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT
OF
CIVIL
PENALTY
ASSESS-
MENT.—Assessment of a civil penalty under this section 
shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of State 
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or Federal law but may be considered proof of possession 
if such a determination is relevant.’’. 
SEC. 306. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TONNAGE MEAS-
UREMENT LAW. 
(a) APPLICATION.—Section 14301(b)(3) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘of United 
States or Canadian registry’’ after ‘‘vessel’’. 
(b) MEASUREMENT.—Section 14302(b) of such title 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MEASUREMENT.—A vessel measured under this 
chapter may not be required to be measured under any 
other law.’’. 
(c) RECIPROCITY
FOR FOREIGN VESSELS.—Sub-
chapter II of chapter 145 of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 14514. Reciprocity for foreign vessels 
‘‘For a foreign vessel not measured under chapter 
143, if the Secretary finds that the laws and regulations 
of a foreign country related to measurement of vessels are 
substantially similar to those of this chapter and the regu-
lations prescribed under this chapter, the Secretary may 
accept the measurement and certificate of a vessel of that 
foreign country as complying with this chapter and the 
regulations prescribed under this chapter.’’. 
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(d) 
DUAL
TONNAGE
MEASUREMENT.—Section 
14513(c) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘vessel’s tonnage mark is 
below the uppermost part of the load line 
marks,’’ and inserting ‘‘vessel is assigned 2 sets 
of gross and net tonnages under this section,’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the mark’’ and inserting 
‘‘the vessel’s tonnage mark’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘as assigned under this sec-
tion.’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
chapter II of chapter 145 of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘14514. Reciprocity for foreign vessels.’’. 
SEC. 307. SEAMEN’S SHORESIDE ACCESS. 
Each facility security plan approved under section 
70103(c) of title 46, United States Code, shall provide a 
system for seamen assigned to a vessel at that facility, 
pilots, and representatives of seamen’s welfare and labor 
organizations to board and depart the vessel through the 
facility in a timely manner at no cost to the individual. 
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SEC. 308. LIMITATION ON MARITIME LIENS ON FISHING 
PERMITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 313 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 31310. Limitation on maritime liens on fishing per-
mits 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A maritime lien shall not attach 
to a permit that— 
‘‘(1) authorizes use of a vessel to engage in 
fishing; and 
‘‘(2) is issued under State or Federal law. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON ENFORCEMENT.—No civil ac-
tion may be brought to enforce a maritime lien on a permit 
described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in subsections (a) and (b) shall be construed as 
imposing any limitation upon the authority of the Sec-
retary of Commerce to modify, suspend, revoke, or sanc-
tion any Federal fishery permit issued by the Secretary 
of Commerce or to bring a civil action to enforce such 
modification, suspension, revocation, or sanction.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 31309 the following: 
‘‘31310. Limitation on maritime liens on fishing permits.’’. 
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SEC. 309. EXTENSION OF EXEMPTION. 
Section 3503(a) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 310. DOCUMENTATION OF CERTAIN FISHING VESSELS. 
Section 12102(c)(5) of title 46, United States Code, 
as amended by section 301(a) of this Act, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) the vessel has been issued a permit pursu-
ant to part 648.6(a)(2) of title 50, Code of Federal 
Regulations, and the owner of the vessel— 
‘‘(i) demonstrates to the Secretary the rec-
ommendation and approval referred to in sub-
paragraph (B); 
‘‘(ii) is required under the endorsement to 
land all harvested fish and processed fish prod-
ucts at a United States port; and 
‘‘(iii) demonstrates to the Secretary that 
the vessel is in compliance with— 
‘‘(I) 
requirements 
that 
otherwise 
apply under section 403 of the Magnuson- 
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1881b) that the ves-
sel carry one or more Federal observers; 
and 
‘‘(II) recordkeeping and reporting re-
quirements that otherwise apply under 
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part 648.7 of title 50, Code of Federal 
Regulations.’’. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. SECURE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard $3,000,000 to improve 
boarding team communications through the use of a cryp-
tographic mesh overlay protocol. 
SEC. 402. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR GALLANT 
LADY. 
Section 1120(c) of the Coast Guard Authorization 
Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3977) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘of Transportation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) 
the 
vessel 
GALLANT 
LADY 
(Feadship hull number 672, approximately 168 
feet in length).’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and re-
designating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3); and 
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(3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) by 
striking all after ‘‘shall expire’’ and inserting ‘‘on 
the date of the sale of the vessel by the owner.’’. 
SEC. 403. WAIVER. 
Notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine 
Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), section 8 of the Act of 
June 19, 1886 (46 U.S.C. App. 289; 24 Stat. 81), and 
section 12106 of title 46, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating may issue a certificate of documentation with a 
coastwise endorsement for the OCEAN VERITAS (IMO 
Number 7366805). 
SEC. 404. DATA. 
In each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008, there is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the 
National 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration 
$7,000,000 to acquire through the use of unmanned aerial 
vehicles data to improve the management of natural disas-
ters, and the safety of marine and aviation transportation. 
SEC. 405. GREAT LAKES MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 
Section 605 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Trans-
portation Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 1052) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Trans-
portation shall conduct a study that’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘The Institute shall conduct maritime 
transportation studies of the Great Lakes re-
gion, including studies that’’; 
(B) in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (E), 
(F), (H), (I), and (J) by striking ‘‘evaluates’’ 
and inserting ‘‘evaluate’’; 
(C) in subparagraphs (D) and (G) by 
striking ‘‘analyzes’’ and inserting ‘‘analyze’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (I); 
(E) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (J) and inserting a semicolon; 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) identify ways to improve the integra-
tion of the Great Lakes marine transportation 
system into the national transportation system; 
‘‘(L) examine the potential of expanded op-
erations on the Great Lakes marine transpor-
tation system; 
‘‘(M) identify ways to include intelligent 
transportation applications into the Great 
Lakes marine transportation system; 
‘‘(N) analyze the effects and impacts of 
aging infrastructure and port corrosion on the 
Great Lakes marine transportation system; 
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‘‘(O) establish and maintain a model Great 
Lakes marine transportation system database; 
and 
‘‘(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. 406. INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION OF PERMA-
NENTLY MOORED VESSELS. 
Any vessel which has a valid certificate of inspection 
in effect on the date of enactment of this Act and which 
is subsequently classified by the Coast Guard as a perma-
nently moored vessel shall remain eligible for a certificate 
of inspection for an additional 5 years from the expiration 
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date of the certificate of inspection in effect on the date 
of the reclassification. 
SEC. 407. COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING FOR PATROL BOAT 
REPLACEMENT. 
The Coast Guard may only buy or operate a patrol 
boat replacement (fast response cutter) if the contract to 
build the cutter is awarded using a competitive contracting 
procedure among shipyards in the United States and the 
management of the competitive contracting procedure is 
done by the Coast Guard or the primary contractor for 
the Deepwater Program of the Coast Guard. 
SEC. 408. PATROL BOAT REPORT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives a report how the Coast 
Guard plans to manage the annual readiness gap of lost 
time for 110-foot patrol boats from fiscal year 2007 
through fiscal year 2013. The report shall include— 
(1) an identification of assets that may be used 
to alleviate the annual readiness gap of lost time for 
such patrol boats; 
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(2) a projection of the remaining operational 
lifespan of the 110-foot patrol boat fleet; 
(3) a description of how extending through fis-
cal year 2013 the transfer agreement between the 
Coast Guard and the United States Navy for 5 Cy-
clone class 179-foot patrol coastal ships would effect 
the annual readiness gap of lost time for 110-foot 
patrol boats; and 
(4) an estimate of the cost to extend the oper-
ational lifespan of the 110-foot patrol boat fleet for 
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2013. 
SEC. 409. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND 
VIOLENCE AT COAST GUARD ACADEMY. 
(a) POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under guidance prescribed 
by the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard shall direct the Superintendent of the 
Coast Guard Academy to prescribe a policy on sex-
ual harassment and violence applicable to the per-
sonnel of the Coast Guard Academy. 
(2) SPECIFIED PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES.— 
The policy on sexual harassment and violence pre-
scribed for the Academy under paragraph (1) shall 
specify the following: 
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(A) Programs to promote awareness of the 
incidence of rape, acquaintance rape, and other 
sexual offenses of a criminal nature that involve 
academy personnel. 
(B) Procedures that a cadet should follow 
in the case of an occurrence of sexual harass-
ment or violence, including— 
(i) a specification of the person or 
persons to whom the alleged offense should 
be reported; 
(ii) a specification of any other person 
whom the victim should contact; and 
(iii) procedures on the preservation of 
evidence potentially necessary for proof of 
criminal sexual assault. 
(C) Procedures for disciplinary action in 
cases of alleged criminal sexual assault involv-
ing academy personnel. 
(D) Any other sanction authorized to be 
imposed in a substantiated case of harassment 
or violence involving academy personnel in rape, 
acquaintance rape, or any other criminal sexual 
offense, whether forcible or nonforcible. 
(E) Required training on the policy for all 
academy personnel, including the specific train-
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ing required for personnel who process allega-
tions of sexual harassment or violence involving 
academy personnel. 
(3) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—In prescribing the 
policy on sexual harassment and violence for the 
Academy under paragraph (1), the Superintendent 
shall take into consideration— 
(A) the findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations of the panel established pursuant 
to title V of the Emergency Wartime Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 
108–11; 117 Stat. 609) to review sexual mis-
conduct allegations at the United States Air 
Force Academy; and 
(B) the findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations of other previous reviews and in-
vestigations of sexual harassment and violence 
conducted with respect to the Coast Guard 
Academy and one or more of the United States 
Military Academy, the United States Naval 
Academy, or the United States Air Force Acad-
emy. 
(4) DEADLINE.—The policy required by para-
graph (1) shall be prescribed not later than June 1, 
2007. 
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(b) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall direct 
the Superintendent to conduct at the Coast Guard 
Academy an assessment during the Academy’s pro-
gram year to determine the effectiveness of the 
Academy’s policies, training, and procedures on sex-
ual harassment and violence to prevent criminal sex-
ual harassment and violence involving academy per-
sonnel. 
(2) SURVEY OF PERSONNEL.—For the assess-
ment for each academy program year, the Super-
intendent shall conduct a survey of all academy per-
sonnel— 
(A) to measure— 
(i) the incidence, during that program 
year, of sexual harassment and violence 
events, on or off the academy reservation, 
that have been reported to officials of the 
Academy; and 
(ii) the incidence, in that program 
year, of sexual harassment and violence 
events, on or off the academy reservation, 
that have not been reported to officials of 
the Academy; and 
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(B) to assess the perceptions of academy 
personnel on— 
(i) the policies, training, and proce-
dures on sexual harassment and violence 
involving academy personnel; 
(ii) the enforcement of such policies; 
(iii) the incidence of sexual harass-
ment and violence involving academy per-
sonnel in such program year; and 
(iv) any other issues relating to sexual 
harassment and violence involving academy 
personnel. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant shall di-
rect the Superintendent to submit to the Secretary 
a report on sexual harassment and violence involving 
academy personnel for each academy program year. 
(2) SPECIFIED
MATTERS
TO
BE
COVERED.— 
The annual report for the Academy under paragraph 
(1) shall contain, for the academy program year cov-
ered by the report, the following matters: 
(A) The number of sexual assaults, rapes, 
and other sexual offenses involving academy 
personnel that have been reported to academy 
officials during the program year and the num-
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ber of the reported cases that have been sub-
stantiated. 
(B) The policies, procedures, and processes 
implemented by the Commandant and the lead-
ership of the Academy in response to sexual 
harassment and violence involving academy per-
sonnel during the program year. 
(C) In the report for the 2008 academy 
program year, a discussion of the survey con-
ducted under subsection (b), together with an 
analysis of the results of the survey and a dis-
cussion of any initiatives undertaken on the 
basis of such results and analysis. 
(D) In the report for each of the subse-
quent academy program years, the results of 
the annual survey conducted in such program 
year under subsection (b). 
(E) A plan for the actions that are to be 
taken in the following academy program year 
regarding prevention of and response to sexual 
harassment and violence involving academy per-
sonnel. 
(3) TRANSMITTAL TO SECRETARY.—The Com-
mandant shall transmit the annual report on an 
academy under this subsection, together with the 
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Commandant’s comments on the report, to the Sec-
retary and the Board of Visitors of the Academy. 
(4) TRANSMITTAL
TO
CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall transmit the annual report on the Acad-
emy under this subsection, together with the Sec-
retary’s comments on the report to, the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. 
(5) DEADLINE FOR 2008 REPORT.—The report 
for the 2008 academy program year shall be sub-
mitted to the Commandant not later than June 1, 
2009. 
(6) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘academy program year’’ with respect to a year, 
means the academy program year that ends in that 
year. 
SEC. 410. CRUISE SHIP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant of the Coast 
Guard, in cooperation the regional trade association rep-
resenting the major cruise lines that operate in the Alaska 
cruise trade, shall conduct a demonstration project on the 
methods and best practices of the use of smokestack 
scrubbers on cruise ships that operate in that region. 
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(b) AGREEMENT.—The Commandant of the Coast 
Guard may enter into an agreement with the regional 
trade association referred to in subsection (a), or one or 
more of its members, to assist in conducting the dem-
onstration project under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—Upon completion of the project de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall submit a report on the results of the project 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
SEC. 411. 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 amend-
ed— 
(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 
paragraph (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 em-
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ployer 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 sub-
section 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 sub-
ject of the suit that is made in the ordinary course 
of employment.’’. 
(2) DEPOSITS.—Section 10315 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) DEPOSITS IN SEAMAN ACCOUNT.—A seaman 
employed 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 depos-
its of wages of the seaman into a checking, savings, invest-
ment, or retirement 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 
international financial institution designated by the 
seaman; 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(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 pro-
vided in paragraph (2), when’’; and 
(B) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The total amount required to be paid under 
paragraph (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 em-
ployer of the seamen shall not exceed ten times the unpaid 
wages that are the subject of the claims. 
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‘‘(3) A class action suit for wages under this sub-
section 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 sub-
ject of the suit that is made in the ordinary course 
of employment.’’. 
(2) DEPOSITS.—Section 10504 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) DEPOSITS IN SEAMAN ACCOUNT.—A seaman 
employed 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 depos-
its of wages of the seaman into a checking, savings, invest-
ment, or retirement 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 
international financial institution designated by the 
seaman; 
‘‘(2) such deposits in the financial institution 
are fully guaranteed under commonly accepted inter-
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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 
‘‘(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.’’. 
SEC. 412. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION 
ACT OF 2006.—Effective with enactment of the Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–241), such Act is amended— 
(1) in section 311(b) (120 Stat. 530) by insert-
ing ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2) of’’ before ‘‘section 
8104(o)’’; 
(2) in section 603(a)(2) (120 Stat. 554) by 
striking ‘‘33 U.S.C. 2794(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘33 
U.S.C. 2704(a)(2)’’; 
(3) in section 901(r)(2) (120 Stat. 566) by 
striking ‘‘the’’ the second place it appears; 
(4) in section 902(c) (120 Stat. 566) by insert-
ing ‘‘of the United States’’ after ‘‘Revised Statutes’’; 
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(5) in section 902(e) (120 Stat. 567) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
at the end of paragraph (1); 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2)(A); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph 
(2), respectively, and aligning the left margin of 
such subparagraphs with the left margin of 
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2); 
(6) in section 902(e)(2)(C) (as so redesignated) 
by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this para-
graph’’; 
(7) in section 902(e)(2)(D) (as so redesignated) 
by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this para-
graph’’; 
(8) in section 902(h)(1) (120 Stat. 567)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Bisti/De-Na-Zin’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘Protection’’ and inserting 
‘‘Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Manage-
ment’’; and 
(B) by inserting a period after ‘‘Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard’’; 
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(9) in section 902(k) (120 Stat. 568) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘the Act of March 23, 
1906, commonly known as’’ before ‘‘the General 
Bridge’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘491)’’ and inserting 
‘‘494),’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘each place it appears’’ 
before ‘‘and inserting’’; and 
(10) in section 902(o) (120 Stat. 569) by strik-
ing the period after ‘‘Homeland Security’’. 
(b) TITLE 14.—(1) The analysis for chapter 7 of title 
14, United States Code, is amended by adding a period 
at the end of the item relating to section 149. 
(2) The analysis for chapter 17 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding a period at the end 
of the item relating to section 677. 
(3) The analysis for chapter 9 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding a period at the end 
of the item relating to section 198. 
(c) TITLE 46.—(1) The analysis for chapter 81 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding a pe-
riod at the end of the item relating to section 8106. 
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(2) Section 70105(c)(3)(C) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘National Intelligence Director’’ and inserting 
‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’. 
(d) DEEPWATER
PORT
ACT
OF
1974.—Section 
5(c)(2) of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 
1504(c)(2)) is amended by aligning the left margin of sub-
paragraph (K) with the left margin of subparagraph (L). 
(e) OIL POLLUTION ACT
OF 1990.—(1) Section 
1104(a)(2) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2794(a)(2)) is amended by striking the first comma fol-
lowing ‘‘$800,000’’. 
(2) The table of sections in section 2 of such Act is 
amended by inserting a period at the end of the item relat-
ing to section 7002. 
(f) COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1996.— 
The table of sections in section 2 of the Coast Guard Au-
thorization Act of 1996 is amended in the item relating 
to section 103 by striking ‘‘reports’’ and inserting ‘‘re-
port’’. 
TITLE V—MARPOL ANNEX VI 
IMPLEMENTATION 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘MARPOL Annex VI 
Implementation Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 502. REFERENCES. 
Wherever in this title an amendment or repeal is ex-
pressed in terms of an amendment to or a repeal of a sec-
tion or other provision, the reference shall be considered 
to be made to a section or other provision of the Act to 
Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). 
SEC. 503. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2(a) (33 U.S.C. 1901(a)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the paragraphs (1) 
through (12) as paragraphs (2) through (13), re-
spectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(1) ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘and V’’ and inserting ‘‘V, and VI’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘ ‘discharge’ and ‘garbage’ and ‘harmful 
substance’ and ‘incident’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘dis-
charge’, ‘emission’, ‘garbage’, ‘harmful substance’, 
and ‘incident’ ’’. 
SEC. 504. APPLICABILITY. 
Section 3 (33 U.S.C. 1902) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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