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vided by section 3303 of the Strom Thurmond National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, and allow the 
National Defense Stockpile Manager to take advantage of 
favorable market conditions for the sales of several of the 
materials authorized for disposal, such as tungsten ferro, 
tungsten metal power, and tungsten ores and concentrates. 
SEC. 3303. REVISION OF FISCAL YEAR 2000 AUTHORITY TO 
DISPOSE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS IN THE NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE. 
Section 3402(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 50 U.S.C. 
98d note), as amended by section 3302 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 
108–136; 117 Stat. 1788), is amended by striking para-
graph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) $550,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 
2011.’’. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Energy $18,500,000 for fiscal 
year 2006 for the purpose of carrying out activities under
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chapter 641 of title 10, United States Code, relating to the 
naval petroleum reserves. 
(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
3501. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2006. 
3502. Payments for State and regional maritime academies. 
3503. Maintenance and repair reimbursement pilot program. 
3504. Tank vessel construction assistance. 
3505. Improvements to the Maritime Administration vessel disposal program. 
SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2006. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2006, to be available without fiscal year limitation 
if so provided in appropriations Acts, for the use of the De-
partment of Transportation for the Maritime Administra-
tion as follows: 
(1) For expenses necessary for operations and 
training 
activities, 
$113,650,000, 
of 
which 
$10,000,000 shall be available only for paying reim-
bursement under section 3517 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, as amended 
by section 3503 of this Act. 
(2) For administrative expenses related to loan 
guarantee commitments under the program author-
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ized by title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 
App. U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), $3,526,000. 
(3) For expenses to dispose of obsolete vessels in 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet, including provi-
sion of assistance under section 7 of Public Law 92– 
402, $21,000,000. 
SEC. 3502. PAYMENTS FOR STATE AND REGIONAL MARITIME 
ACADEMIES. 
(a) ANNUAL PAYMENT.—Section 1304(d)(1)(C)(ii) of 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 
1295c(d)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$300,000 for fiscal year 2006, $400,000 for fiscal 
year 2007, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each fis-
cal year thereafter’’. 
(b) 
SCHOOL
SHIP
FUEL
PAYMENT.—Section 
1304(c)(2) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. 
U.S.C. 1295c(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary may pay to any 
State maritime academy’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) The 
Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, pay to each State maritime academy’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) The amount of the payment to a State maritime 
academy under this paragraph shall not exceed— 
‘‘(i) $100,000 for fiscal year 2006;
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‘‘(ii) $200,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(iii) $300,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each fis-
cal year thereafter.’’. 
SEC. 3503. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR REIMBURSEMENT 
PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 3517 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘may’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ‘‘LIMITA-
TION.—The Secretary may not’’ and inserting ‘‘RE-
QUIREMENT
OF AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall, 
subject to the availability of appropriations,’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘80 percent 
of’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a 
report to the Congress each year on the program under this 
section. The report shall include a listing of future inspec-
tion schedules for all vessels included in the Maritime Secu-
rity Fleet established by chapter 531 of title 46, United 
States Code.’’.
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SEC. 3504. TANK VESSEL CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ENTER CONTRACTS.—Section 
3543(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2004 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall, to the extent of the avail-
ability of appropriations,’’. 
(b) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 3543(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 
(46 U.S.C. 53101 note) is amended by striking ‘‘up to 75 
percent of’’. 
SEC. 3505. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MARITIME ADMINISTRA-
TION VESSEL DISPOSAL PROGRAM. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP PLAN.—The Sec-
retary of Transportation shall prepare, publish, and 
submit to the Congress by not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act a com-
prehensive plan for management of the vessel disposal 
program of the Maritime Administration in accord-
ance with the recommendations made in the Govern-
ment Accountability Office in report number GAO– 
05–264, dated March 2005. 
(2) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan shall— 
(A) include a strategy and implementation 
plan for disposal of obsolete Maritime Adminis-
tration vessels (including vessels added to the
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fleet after the enactment of this Act) in a timely 
manner, maximizing the use of all available dis-
posal methods, including dismantling, use for ar-
tificial reefs, donation, and Navy training exer-
cises; 
(B) identify and describe the funding and 
other resources necessary to implement the plan, 
and specific milestones for disposal of vessels 
under the plan; 
(C) establish performance measures to track 
progress toward achieving the goals of the pro-
gram, including the expeditious disposal of ships 
commencing upon the date of the enactmemt of 
this Act; 
(D) develop a formal decisionmaking frame-
work for the program; and 
(E) identify external factors that could im-
pede successful implementation of the plan, and 
describe steps to be taken to mitigate the effects 
of such factors. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT
TO
IMPLEMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall implement the vessel disposal program of 
the Maritime Administration in accordance with—
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(A) the management plan submitted under 
subsection (a); and 
(B) the requirements set forth in paragraph 
(2). 
(2) UTILIZATION
OF
DOMESTIC
SOURCES.—In 
the procurement of services under the vessel disposal 
program of the Maritime Administration, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(A) use full and open competition; and 
(B) utilize domestic sources to the max-
imum extent practicable. 
(c) FAILURE TO SUBMIT PLAN.— 
(1) PRIVATE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT FOR DIS-
POSAL OF MARITIME ADMINISTRATION VESSELS.—The 
Secretary of Transportation, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, shall promptly award a 
contract using full and open competition to expedi-
tiously implement all aspects of disposal of obsolete 
vessels of the Maritime Administration. 
(2) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall apply 
beginning 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, unless the Secretary of Transportation has 
submitted to the Congress the comprehensive plan re-
quired under subsection (a)
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(d) TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER OBSOLETE 
COMBATANT VESSELS TO NAVY FOR DISPOSAL.—The Sec-
retary of Transportation shall, subject to the availability 
of appropriations and consistent with section 1535 of title 
31, United States Code, popularly known as the Economy 
Act, transfer to the Secretary of the Navy during fiscal year 
2006 for disposal by the Navy, no fewer than 4 combatant 
vessels in the nonretention fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration that are acceptable to the Secretary of the Navy. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, 
and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.’’.
Union Calendar No. 47 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1815 
[Report No. 109–89] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for fis-
cal year 2006, and for other purposes. 
MAY 20, 2005 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed