IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4719 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 18, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal share of the fishing safety standards 
grants. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Funding Instruction 
for Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emer-
gencies Act’’ or the ‘‘FISH SAFE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL SHARE OF THE FISHING 
SAFETY STANDARDS GRANTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 4502 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (i)(3), by striking ‘‘50’’ and 
inserting ‘‘75’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j)(3), by striking ‘‘50’’ and 
inserting ‘‘75’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (a) takes effect on the day after 
the date of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast 
Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282). 
SEC. 3. COST SHARE. 
The cap on the Federal share of the cost of any activ-
ity carried out with a grant under subsections (i) and (j) 
of section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, as in effect 
prior to the date of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo 
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
282), shall apply to any funds appropriated under the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115– 
31) for the purpose of making such grants. 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AMEND-
MENTS. 
Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (i)(4), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2021’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j)(4), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 5. AIDS TO NAVIGATION. 
(a) Section 541 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) In’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) In the case of pierhead beacons, the Com-
mandant may— 
‘‘(1) acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf 
of the United States, the right to use and occupy 
sites for pierhead beacons; and 
‘‘(2) properly mark all pierheads belonging to 
the United States situated on the northern and 
northwestern lakes, whenever the Commandant is 
duly notified by the department charged with the 
construction or repair of pierheads that the con-
struction or repair of any such pierheads has been 
completed.’’. 
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(b) Subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 548. Prohibition against officers and employees 
being interested in contracts for mate-
rials, etc. 
‘‘No officer, enlisted member, or civilian member of 
the Coast Guard in any manner connected with the con-
struction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, shall 
be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract 
for labor, materials, or supplies for the construction, oper-
ation, or maintenance of lighthouses, or in any patent, 
plan, or mode of construction or illumination, or in any 
article of supply for the construction, operation, or mainte-
nance of lighthouses. 
‘‘§ 549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and suf-
ficiency of cession by State of jurisdiction 
‘‘(a) No lighthouse, beacon, public pier, or landmark, 
shall be built or erected on any site until cession of juris-
diction over the same has been made to the United States. 
‘‘(b) For the purposes of subsection (a), a cession by 
a State of jurisdiction over a place selected as the site 
of a lighthouse, or other structure or work referred to in 
subsection (a), shall be deemed sufficient if the cession 
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contains a reservation that process issued under authority 
of such State may continue to be served within such place. 
‘‘(c) If no reservation of service described in sub-
section (b) is contained in a cession, all process may be 
served and executed within the place ceded, in the same 
manner as if no cession had been made. 
‘‘§ 550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes 
‘‘The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly 
mark all pierheads belonging to the United States situated 
on the northern and northwestern lakes, whenever he is 
duly notified by the department charged with the construc-
tion or repair of pierheads that the construction or repair 
of any such pierhead has been completed.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
547 the following: 
‘‘548. Prohibition against officers and employees being interest in contracts for 
materials, etc. 
‘‘549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State 
of jurisdiction. 
‘‘550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes.’’. 
SEC. 6. TRANSFERS RELATED TO EMPLOYEES OF THE 
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. 
(a) Section 6 of chapter 103 of the Act of June 20, 
1918 (33 U.S.C. 763) is repealed. 
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(b) Subchapter II of chapter 25 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 2532. Retirement of employees 
‘‘(a) OPTIONAL RETIREMENT.—Except as provided 
in subsections (d) and (e), a covered employee may retire 
from further performance of duty if such officer or em-
ployee— 
‘‘(1) has completed 30 years of active service in 
the Government and is at least 55 years of age; 
‘‘(2) has completed 25 years of active service in 
the Government and is at least 62 years of age; or 
‘‘(3) is involuntarily separated from further per-
formance of duty, except by removal for cause on 
charges of misconduct or delinquency, after com-
pleting 25 years of active service in the Government, 
or after completing 20 years of such service and if 
such employee is at least 50 years of age. 
‘‘(b) COMPULSORY RETIREMENT.—A covered em-
ployee who becomes 70 years of age shall be compulsorily 
retired from further performance of duty. 
‘‘(c) RETIREMENT FOR DISABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A covered employee who 
has completed 15 years of active service in the Gov-
ernment and is found, after examination by a med-
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ical officer of the United States, to be disabled for 
useful and efficient service by reason of disease or 
injury not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or 
willful misconduct of such officer or employee, shall 
be retired. 
‘‘(2) RESTORATION TO ACTIVE DUTY.—Any in-
dividual retired under paragraph (1) may, upon re-
covery, be restored to active duty, and shall from 
time to time, before reaching the age at which such 
individual may retire under subsection (a), be reex-
amined by a medical officer of the United States 
upon the request of the Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), The annual compensation of a person re-
tired under this section shall be a sum equal to one- 
fortieth of the average annual pay received for the 
last three years of service for each year of active 
service in the Lighthouse Service, or in a depart-
ment or branch of the Government having a retire-
ment system, not to exceed thirty-fortieths of such 
average annual pay received. 
‘‘(2) RETIREMENT BEFORE 55.—The retirement 
pay computed under paragraph (1) for any officer or 
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employee retiring under this section shall be reduced 
by one-sixth of 1 percent for each full month the of-
ficer or employee is under 55 years of age at the 
date of retirement. 
‘‘(3) NO
ALLOWANCE
OR
SUBSISTENCE.—Re-
tirement pay under this section shall not include any 
amount on account of subsistence or other allow-
ance. 
‘‘(e) EXCEPTION.—The retirement and pay provision 
in this section shall not apply to— 
‘‘(1) any person in the field service of the 
Lighthouse Service whose duties do not require sub-
stantially all their time; or 
‘‘(2) persons of the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(f) WAIVER.—Any person entitled to retirement pay 
under this section may decline to accept all or any part 
of such retirement pay by a waiver signed and filed with 
the Secretary of the Treasury. Such waiver may be re-
voked in writing at any time, but no payment of the retire-
ment pay waived shall be made covering the period during 
which such waiver was in effect. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 
the term ‘covered employee’ means an officer or employee 
engaged in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse 
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Service, except a person continuously employed in district 
offices or shop.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2531 the following: 
‘‘2532. Retirement of employees.’’. 
SEC. 7. TRANSFERS RELATED TO SURVIVING SPOUSES OF 
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE EMPLOYEES. 
(a) BENEFIT TO SURVIVING SPOUSES.—Subchapter 
II of chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding after section 2532 the following: 
‘‘§ 2533. Surviving spouses 
‘‘The Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating shall pay $100 per month to the sur-
viving spouse of a current or former employee of the 
Lighthouse Service in accordance with section 2532 if 
such employee dies— 
‘‘(1) at a time when such employee was receiv-
ing or was entitled to receive retirement pay under 
this subchapter; or 
‘‘(2) from non-service-connected causes after 
fifteen or more years of employment in such serv-
ice.’’. 
(b) TRANSFERS RELATED TO SURVIVING SPOUSES 
OF LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE EMPLOYEES.— 
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(1) Subchapter II of chapter 25 of title 14, 
United States Code, is amended by adding after sec-
tion 2533 the following: 
‘‘§ 2534. Application for benefits’’. 
(2)(A) Section 3 of chapter 761 of the Act of 
August 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 773), is redesignated as 
section 2534(a) of title 14, United States Code, 
transferred to appear after the heading of section 
2534 of that title, and amended so that the enu-
merator, section heading, typeface, and typestyle 
conform to those appearing in other sections in title 
14, United States Code. 
(B) Section 2534(a), as so redesignated, trans-
ferred, and amended is further amended by striking 
‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2533’’. 
(3)(A) Section 4 of chapter 761 of the Act of 
August 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 774), is redesignated as 
section 2534(b) of title 14, United States Code, 
transferred to appear after section 2534(a) of that 
title, and amended so that the enumerator, section 
heading, typeface, and typestyle conform to those 
appearing in other sections in title 14, United States 
Code. 
(B) Section 2534(b), as so redesignated, trans-
ferred, and amended is further amended by striking 
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‘‘the provisions of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
2533’’. 
(4)(A) The proviso under the heading ‘‘Pay-
ment to Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund’’ of title V of division C of Public Law 112– 
74 (33 U.S.C. 776) is redesignated as section 
2534(c) of title 14, United States Code, transferred 
to appear after section 2534(b) of that title, and 
amended so that the enumerator, section heading, 
typeface, and typestyle conform to those appearing 
in other sections in title 14, United States Code. 
(B) Section 2534(c), as so redesignated, trans-
ferred, and amended is further amended by striking 
‘‘the Act of May 29, 1944, and the Act of August 
19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 771-775),’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 2533’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 25 of title 14, United States Code, is 
further amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 2532 the following: 
‘‘2533. Surviving spouses. 
‘‘2534. Application for benefits.’’. 
SEC. 8. REPEALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions are re-
pealed: 
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(1) Section 4680 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (33 U.S.C. 725). 
(2) Section 4661 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (33 U.S.C. 727). 
(3) Section 4662 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (33 U.S.C. 728). 
(4) The final paragraph in the account ‘‘For 
Life-Saving and Life-Boat Stations’’ under the head-
ing Treasury Department in the first section of 
chapter 130 of the Act of March 3, 1875 (33 U.S.C. 
730a). 
(5) Section 11 of chapter 301 of the Act of 
June 17, 1910 (33 U.S.C. 743). 
(6) Section 3 of chapter 371 of the Act of May 
22, 1926 (33 U.S.C. 747a). 
(7) The first section of chapter 313 of the Act 
of February 25, 1929 (33 U.S.C. 747b). 
(8) Section 2 of chapter 103 of the Act of June 
20, 1918 (33 U.S.C. 748). 
(9) Section 4 of chapter 371 of the Act of May 
22, 1926 (33 U.S.C. 754a). 
(10) Chapter 642 of the Act of August 10, 
1939 (33 U.S.C. 763a–1). 
(11) Chapter 788 of the Act of October 29, 
1949 (33 U.S.C. 763–1). 
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