IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6865 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 30, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training. 
Sec. 103. Shoreside infrastructure and facilities. 
Sec. 104. Availability of amounts for acquisition of additional cutters. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
Subtitle A—Military Personnel Matters 
Sec. 201. Authorized strength. 
Sec. 202. Continuation of officers with certain critical skills on active duty. 
Sec. 203. Number and distribution of officers on active duty promotion list. 
Sec. 204. Coast Guard behavioral health policy. 
Sec. 205. Improving representation of women and of racial and ethnic minori-
ties among Coast Guard active-duty members. 
Subtitle B—Operational Matters 
Sec. 206. Pilot project for enhancing Coast Guard cutter readiness through 
condition-based maintenance. 
Sec. 207. Unmanned systems strategy. 
Sec. 208. Budgeting of Coast Guard relating to certain operations. 
Sec. 209. Report on San Diego maritime domain awareness. 
Sec. 210. Great Lakes winter shipping. 
Sec. 211. Center of expertise for Great Lakes oil spill search and response. 
Sec. 212. Study on laydown of Coast Guard cutters. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 213. Responses of Commandant of the Coast Guard to safety rec-
ommendations. 
Sec. 214. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes. 
Sec. 215. Acquisition life-cycle cost estimates. 
Sec. 216. National Coast Guard Museum funding plan. 
Sec. 217. Report on Coast Guard explosive ordnance disposal. 
Sec. 218. Pribilof Island transition completion actions. 
Sec. 219. Notification of communication outages. 
TITLE III—MARITIME 
Subtitle A—Shipping 
Sec. 301. Nonoperating individual. 
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Sec. 302. Oceanographic research vessels. 
Sec. 303. Atlantic Coast port access routes briefing. 
Subtitle B—Vessel Safety 
Sec. 304. Fishing vessel safety. 
Sec. 305. Requirements for DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels. 
Sec. 306. Exoneration and limitation of liability for small passengers vessels. 
Sec. 307. Automatic identification system requirements. 
Subtitle C—Shipbuilding Program 
Sec. 308. Qualified vessel. 
Sec. 309. Establishing a capital construction fund. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Purposes. 
Sec. 403. Service contracts. 
Sec. 404. Shipping exchange registry. 
Sec. 405. Data collection. 
Sec. 406. National shipper advisory committee. 
Sec. 407. Annual report and public disclosures. 
Sec. 408. General prohibitions. 
Sec. 409. Prohibition on unreasonably declining cargo. 
Sec. 410. Detention and demurrage. 
Sec. 411. Assessment of penalties. 
Sec. 412. Investigations. 
Sec. 413. Injunctive relief. 
Sec. 414. Technical amendments. 
Sec. 415. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 416. NAS study on supply chain industry. 
Sec. 417. Temporary emergency authority. 
Sec. 418. Terms and vacancies. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Navigation 
Sec. 501. Restriction on changing salvors. 
Sec. 502. Providing requirements for vessels anchored in established anchorage 
grounds. 
Sec. 503. Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. 
Sec. 504. Limitation on recovery for certain injuries incurred in aquaculture ac-
tivities. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 505. Information on type approval certificates. 
Sec. 506. Passenger vessel security and safety requirements. 
Sec. 507. Cargo waiting time reduction. 
Sec. 508. Limited indemnity provisions in standby oil spill response contracts. 
Sec. 509. Port Coordination Council for Point Spencer. 
Sec. 510. Western Alaska oil spill planning criteria. 
Sec. 511. Nonapplicability. 
Sec. 512. Report on enforcement of coastwise laws. 
Sec. 513. Land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, Lathrop, California. 
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