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vessel. The prior consent of the Secretary of Defense for such
use shall be required with respect to any vessel in the Ready
Reserve Force or in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
which is maintained in a retention status for the Depart-
ment of Defense.’’.
SEC. 5106. SEA TRIALS FOR READY RESERVE FORCE.
Section 11(c)(1)(B) of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of
1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744(c)(1)(B)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(B) activate and conduct sea trials on each
vessel at least once every 30 months;’’.
SEC. 5107. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR LOANS AND
GUARANTEES.
(a) PLAN.—Within 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime Admin-
istration shall develop a comprehensive plan for the review
of traditional applications and non-traditional applica-
tions.
(b) INCLUSIONS.—The comprehensive plan shall in-
clude a description of the application review process that
shall not exceed 90 days for review of traditional applica-
tions.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator shall
submit a report describing the comprehensive plan to the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
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tation and the House of Representatives Committee on
Armed Forces.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) NONTRADITIONAL
APPLICATION.—The term
‘‘nontraditional application’’ means an application
for a loan, guarantee, or a commitment to guarantee
submitted pursuant to chapter 537 of title 46, United
States Code, that is not a traditional application, as
determined by the Administrator.
(2) TRADITIONAL APPLICATION.—The term ‘‘tra-
ditional application’’ means an application for a
loan, guarantee, or a commitment to guarantee sub-
mitted pursuant to chapter 537 of title 46, United
States Code, that involves a market, technology, and
financial structure of a type that has been approved
in such an application multiple times before the date
of enactment of this Act without default or unreason-
able risk to the United States, as determined by the
Administrator.
TITLE LII—TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS
SEC. 5201. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
The amendments made by this title make no sub-
stantive change in existing law and may not be construed
as making a substantive change in existing law.
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SEC. 5202. PERSONAL INJURY TO OR DEATH OF SEAMEN.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 30104 of title 46, United
States Code, is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) CAUSE OF ACTION.—A seaman injured in the
course of employment or, if the seaman dies from the injury,
the personal representative of the seaman may bring an ac-
tion against the employer. In such an action, the laws of
the United States regulating recovery for personal injury
to, or death of, a railway employee shall apply. Such an
action may be maintained in admiralty or, at the plain-
tiff’s election, as an action at law, with the right of trial
by jury.
‘‘(b) VENUE.—When the plaintiff elects to maintain an
action at law, venue shall be in the judicial district in
which the employer resides or the employer’s principal office
is located.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall be effective as if included in the enactment
of Public Law 109–304.
SEC. 5203. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 537 BASED ON PUB-
LIC LAW 109–163.
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Title 46, United States Code, is
amended as follows:
(1) Section 53701 is amended by—