I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1821 
To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Frank 
LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2019 
Mr. GIBBS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted 
by the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act 
of 2018, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) 
Upon 
the 
date 
amendments 
to 
section 
3305(d)(3)(B) of title 46, United States Code, take effect 
under section 501(a) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282), such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘Coast Guard Authoriza-
tion Act of 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘Frank LoBiondo Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2018’’. 
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(b) Upon the date section 4312 of title 46, United 
States Code, takes effect under section 503(c) of the 
Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–282), such section is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2018’’. 
(c) Section 821(a)(2) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) 
is amended by striking ‘‘Coast Guard Authorization Act 
of 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act’’. 
(d) Section 820(b)(2) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘and the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141)’’ after ‘‘(Public 
Law 115–31)’’. 
(e) Section 820(a) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) 
is amended by striking ‘‘years 2018 and’’ and inserting 
‘‘year’’. 
(f) Section 810(d) of the Frank LoBiondo Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) 
is amended by striking ‘‘within 30 days after receiving the 
notice under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall, by not 
later than 60 days after transmitting such notice,’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘in accordance within subsection (a)(2), the Sec-
retary shall’’. 
(g) Subsections (a) and (d) of section 408 of the 
Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–282) shall have no force or effect. 
(h) This section shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Author-
ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) and apply as 
if included therein as enacted. 
SEC. 2. ADVISORY COMMITTEE; REPRESENTATION. 
Section 15106(c)(3) of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘mineral 
and oil operations, including geophysical services’’ 
and inserting ‘‘operations’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘explo-
ration and recovery’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘engaged 
in diving services related to offshore construction, 
inspection, and maintenance’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
viding diving services to the offshore industry’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘engaged 
in safety and training services related to offshore ex-
ploration and construction’’ and inserting ‘‘providing 
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safety and training services to the offshore indus-
try’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘engaged 
in pipelaying services related to offshore construc-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘providing subsea engineering, 
construction, or remotely operated vehicle support to 
the offshore industry’’; 
(6) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘mineral 
and energy’’; 
(7) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) and (K) 
as subparagraphs (K) and (L), respectively; 
(8) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(J) 1 member shall represent entities pro-
viding environmental protection, compliance, or 
response services to the offshore industry.’’; 
(9) in subparagraph (K), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘deepwater ports’’ and inserting ‘‘entities 
engaged in offshore oil exploration and production 
on the Outer Continental Shelf adjacent to Alaska’’; 
and 
(10) in subparagraph (L), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘(but not a specific environmental 
group)’’. 
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