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MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $174,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $123,360,000, of which 
$10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of Schoolships at State Maritime 
Schools, of which $8,150,000 shall remain available until 
expended for capital improvements at the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy, and of which $53,208,000 
shall be available for operations at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy: Provided, That amounts appor-
tioned for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
shall be available only upon allotments made personally 
by the Secretary of Transportation and not a designee: 
Provided further, That the Superintendent, Deputy Super-
intendent and the Director of the Office of Resource Man-
agement of the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
may not be allotment holders for the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy, and the Administrator of Mari-
time Administration shall hold all allotments made by the 
Secretary of Transportation under the previous proviso: 
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Provided further, That 50 percent of the funding made 
available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
under this heading shall be available only after the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Maritime Administration, 
completes a plan detailing by program or activity and by 
object class how such funding will be expended at the 
Academy, and this plan is submitted to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 3506 of Public Law 109–163 or section 
54101 of title 46, United States Code, $17,500,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That to be con-
sidered for assistance, a qualified shipyard shall submit 
an application for assistance no later than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That from appli-
cations submitted under the previous proviso, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 
120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not to 
exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this 
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heading shall be available for necessary costs of grant ad-
ministration. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, not to exceed $3,531,000, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Operations and Training’’, Maritime Administration. 
SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $1,382,554 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 175. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur-
nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 
connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
Government property under control of the Maritime Ad-
ministration, and payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, con-
tract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. 
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SEC. 176. No obligations shall be incurred during the 
current fiscal year from the construction fund established 
by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note 
(cds)), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and 
limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appropria-
tions Act. 
SEC. 177. Section 51509 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended in subsection (b) by deleting ‘‘$4,000’’ 
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$8,000’’ and by inserting 
‘‘tuition,’’ after ‘‘uniforms,’’. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$19,130,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 
safety information grants to communities’’ as authorized 
in section 60130 of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That grants described under the previous proviso 
shall be awarded within 120 days of enactment of this Act. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
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