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(3) agrees to any other conditions the Com-
mandant considers appropriate. 
(b) MAINTENANCE AND DELIVERY OF VESSEL.— 
(1) MAINTENANCE.—Before conveyance of the 
vessel under this section, the Commandant shall 
make, to the extent practical and subject to other 
Coast Guard mission requirements, every effort to 
maintain the integrity of the vessel and its equip-
ment until the time of delivery. 
(2) DELIVERY.—If a conveyance is made under 
this section, the Commandant shall deliver the vessel 
to a suitable mooring in the local area in its present 
condition. 
(3) TREATMENT OF CONVEYANCE.—The con-
veyance of the vessel under this section shall not be 
considered a distribution in commerce for purposes 
of section 6(e) of Public Law 94–469 (15 U.S.C. 
2605(e)). 
(c) OTHER EXCESS EQUIPMENT.—The Commandant 
may convey to the recipient of a conveyance under sub-
section (a) any excess equipment or parts from other de-
commissioned Coast Guard vessels for use to enhance the 
operability and function of the vessel conveyed under sub-
section (a) for purposes of a museum and historical dis-
play. 
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SEC. 1108. CONVEYANCE OF COAST GUARD HU–25 FALCON 
JET AIRCRAFT. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—Notwithstanding any 
other law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may con-
vey to the Elizabeth City State University (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘University’’), a public university lo-
cated in the State of North Carolina, without consider-
ation all right, title, and interest of the United States in 
an HU–25 Falcon Jet aircraft under the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Coast Guard that the Commandant de-
termines— 
(1) is appropriate for use by the University; 
and 
(2) is excess to the needs of the Coast Guard. 
(b) CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of conveying 
an aircraft to the University under subsection (a), 
the Commandant shall enter into an agreement with 
the University under which the University agrees— 
(A) to utilize the aircraft for educational 
purposes or other public purposes as jointly 
agreed upon by the Commandant and the Uni-
versity before conveyance; and 
(B) to hold the United States harmless for 
any claim arising with respect to the aircraft 
after conveyance of the aircraft. 
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(2) REVERSIONARY
INTEREST.—If the Com-
mandant determines that the recipient violated sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), then— 
(A) all right, title, and interest in the air-
craft shall revert to the United States; 
(B) the United States shall have the right 
to immediate possession of the aircraft; and 
(C) the recipient shall pay the United 
States for its costs incurred in recovering the 
aircraft for such violation. 
(c) LIMITATION ON FUTURE TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant shall in-
clude in the instruments for the conveyance a re-
quirement that any further conveyance of an interest 
in the aircraft may not be made without the ap-
proval in advance of the Commandant. 
(2) REVERSIONARY
INTEREST.—If the Com-
mandant determines that an interest in the aircraft 
was conveyed without such approval, then— 
(A) all right, title, and interest in the air-
craft shall revert to the United States; 
(B) the United States shall have the right 
to immediate possession of the aircraft; and 
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(C) the recipient shall pay the United 
States for its costs incurred in recovering the 
aircraft for such a violation. 
(d) DELIVERY
OF AIRCRAFT.—The Commandant 
shall deliver the aircraft conveyed under subsection (a)— 
(1) at the place where the aircraft is located on 
the date of the conveyance; 
(2) in its condition on the date of conveyance; 
and 
(3) without cost to the United States. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Commandant may require such additional terms and con-
ditions in connection with the conveyance required by sub-
section (a) as the Commandant considers appropriate to 
protect the interests of the United States. 
SEC. 1109. DECOMMISSIONED COAST GUARD VESSELS FOR 
HAITI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other law, 
upon the scheduled decommissioning of any Coast Guard 
41-foot patrol boat, the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall give the Government of Haiti a right-of-first-refusal 
for conveyance of that vessel to the Government of Haiti, 
if that Government of Haiti agrees— 
(1) to use the vessel for the Coast Guard of 
Haiti; 
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(2) to make the vessel available to the United 
States Government if needed for use by the Com-
mandant in time of war or national emergency; 
(3) to hold the United States Government 
harmless for any claims arising from exposure to 
hazardous materials, including asbestos and poly-
chlorinated biphenyls, after conveyance of the vessel, 
except for claims arising from the use by the United 
States Government under paragraph (2); and 
(4) to any other conditions the Commandant 
considers appropriate. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The Commandant may not convey 
more than 10 vessels to the Government of Haiti pursuant 
to this section. 
(c) MAINTENANCE AND DELIVERY OF VESSEL.— 
(1) MAINTENANCE.—Before conveyance of a 
vessel under this section, the Commandant shall 
make, to the extent practical and subject to other 
Coast Guard mission requirements, every effort to 
maintain the integrity of the vessel and its equip-
ment until the time of delivery. 
(2) DELIVERY.—If a conveyance is made under 
this section, the Commandant shall deliver a vessel 
to a suitable mooring in the local area in its present 
condition. 
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(3) TREATMENT OF CONVEYANCE.—The con-
veyance of a vessel under this section shall not be 
considered a distribution in commerce for purposes 
of section 6(e) of Public Law 94–469 (15 U.S.C. 
2605(e)). 
SEC. 1110. PHASEOUT OF VESSELS SUPPORTING OIL AND 
GAS DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section 
12111(d) of title 46, United States Code, foreign-flag ves-
sels may be chartered by, or on behalf of, a lessee to be 
employed for the setting, relocation, or recovery of anchors 
or other mooring equipment of a mobile offshore drilling 
unit that is located over the Outer Continental Shelf (as 
defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a)) for operations in support 
of exploration, or flow-testing and stimulation of wells, for 
offshore mineral or energy resources in the Beaufort Sea 
or the Chukchi Sea adjacent to Alaska— 
(1) for a 1-year period from the date the lessee 
gives the Secretary of Transportation written notice 
of the commencement of such exploration drilling if 
the Secretary determines, after publishing notice in 
the Federal Register, that insufficient vessels docu-
mented under section 12111(d) of title 46, United 
States Code, are reasonably available and suitable 
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for these support operations and all such reasonably 
available and suitable vessels are employed in sup-
port of such operations; and 
(2) for an additional period until such vessels 
are available if the Secretary of Transportation de-
termines— 
(A) that, by April 30 of the year following 
the commencement of exploration drilling, the 
lessee has entered into a binding agreement to 
employ a suitable vessel or vessels to be docu-
mented under section 12111(d) of title 46, 
United States Code, in sufficient numbers and 
with sufficient suitability to replace any foreign- 
flag vessel or vessels operating under this sec-
tion; and 
(B) after publishing notice in the Federal 
Register, that insufficient vessels documented 
under section 12111(d) of title 46, United 
States Code, are reasonably available and suit-
able for these support operations and all such 
reasonably available and suitable vessels are 
employed in support of such operations. 
(b) EXPIRATION.—Irrespective of the year in which 
the commitment referred to in subsection (a)(2)(A) oc-
curs, foreign-flag anchor handling vessels may not be em-
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ployed for the setting, relocation, or recovery of anchors 
or other mooring equipment of a mobile offshore drilling 
unit after December 31, 2017. 
(c) LESSEE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘lessee’’ means the holder of a lease (as defined in section 
1331(c) of title 43, United States Code), who, prior to 
giving the written notice in subsection (a)(1), has entered 
into a binding agreement to employ a suitable vessel docu-
mented or to be documented under section 12111(d) of 
title 46, United States Code. 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in subsection (a) 
may be construed to authorize the employment in the 
coastwise trade of a vessel that does not meet the require-
ments of section 12112 of title 46, United States Code. 
SEC. 1111. VESSEL TRAFFIC RISK ASSESSMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Commandant of the Coast 
Guard, acting through the appropriate Area Committee 
established under section 311(j)(4) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, shall prepare a vessel traffic risk 
assessment for Cook Inlet, Alaska, within one year after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The assessment shall describe, for 
the region covered by the assessment— 
(1) the amount and character of present and 
estimated future shipping traffic in the region; and 
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(2) the current and projected use and effective-
ness in reducing risk, of— 
(A) traffic separation schemes and routing 
measures; 
(B) long-range vessel tracking systems de-
veloped under section 70115 of title 46, United 
States Code; 
(C) towing, response, or escort tugs; 
(D) vessel traffic services; 
(E) emergency towing packages on vessels; 
(F) increased spill response equipment in-
cluding equipment appropriate for severe weath-
er and sea conditions; 
(G) the Automatic Identification System 
developed under section 70114 of title 46, 
United States Code; 
(H) particularly sensitive sea areas, areas 
to be avoided, and other traffic exclusion zones; 
(I) aids to navigation; and 
(J) vessel response plans. 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The assessment shall include 
any appropriate recommendations to enhance the 
safety, or lessen potential adverse environmental im-
pacts, of marine shipping. 
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(2) CONSULTATION.—Before making any rec-
ommendations under paragraph (1) for a region, the 
Area Committee shall consult with affected local, 
State, and Federal government agencies, representa-
tives of the fishing industry, Alaska Natives from 
the region, the conservation community, and the 
merchant shipping and oil transportation industries. 
(d) PROVISION TO CONGRESS.—The Commandant 
shall provide a copy of the assessment to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Commandant 
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 to the conduct the assess-
ment. 
SEC. 1112. STUDY OF RELOCATION OF COAST GUARD SEC-
TOR BUFFALO FACILITIES. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
(1) to authorize a project study to evaluate the 
feasibility of consolidating and relocating Coast 
Guard facilities at Coast Guard Sector Buffalo with-
in the study area; 
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‘‘(i) in accordance with the standards 
established by the 1995 amendments to 
the Convention on Standards of Training, 
Certification and Watchkeeping for Sea-
farers, 1978 (STCW 95); and 
‘‘(ii) by an authority that the Sec-
retary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating recognizes as im-
posing competency and training standards 
equivalent to or exceeding those required 
for a issued under chapter 71. 
‘‘(B) 
LIMITATION
ON
APPLICATION.— 
Paragraph (1) applies only to engagement of an 
individual on a vessel that— 
‘‘(i) 
is 
homeported 
in 
American 
Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana 
Islands; and 
‘‘(ii) has passed an annual commercial 
fishing vessel safety exam administered by 
a individual authorized to enforce this title. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF EQUIVALENT LICENSE.— 
The Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating shall treat a license held by an 
individual engaged under paragraph (1) that was 
issued by a foreign government as meeting the re-
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