501 
lished for recreational vessels under section 
4302, if— 
‘‘(1) subsection (b) of this section ap-
plies to the vessel; 
‘‘(2) the vessel is less than 50 feet over-
all in length; and 
‘‘(3) the vessel is built after January 1, 
2008. 
‘‘(i)(1) The Secretary shall establish a 
Fishing Safety Training Grants Program to 
provide funding to municipalities, port au-
thorities, other appropriate public entities, 
not-for-profit organizations, and other quali-
fied persons that provide commercial fishing 
safety training— 
‘‘(A) to conduct fishing vessel safety 
training that meets the requirements of 
subsection (g); and 
‘‘(B) for purchase of safety equipment 
and training aids for use in those fishing 
vessel safety training programs. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall award grants 
under this subsection on a competitive basis. 
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‘‘(3) The Federal share of the cost of any 
activity carried out with a grant under this 
subsection shall not exceed 75 percent. 
‘‘(4) There is authorized to be appropriated 
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012 for grants under this subsection. 
‘‘(j)(1) The Secretary shall establish a 
Fishing Safety Research Grant Program to 
provide funding to individuals in academia, 
members of non-profit organizations and busi-
nesses involved in fishing and maritime mat-
ters, and other persons with expertise in fish-
ing safety, to conduct research on methods of 
improving the safety of the commercial fishing 
industry, including vessel design, emergency 
and survival equipment, enhancement of ves-
sel monitoring systems, communications de-
vices, de-icing technology, and severe weather 
detection. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall award grants 
under this subsection on a competitive basis. 
‘‘(3) The Federal share of the cost of any 
activity carried out with a grant under this 
subsection shall not exceed 75 percent.’’. 
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(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
4506(b) of title 46, United States Code, is re-
pealed. 
(c) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) CHANGE OF NAME.—Section 4508 of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking the section heading 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘§ 4508. Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Com-
mittee’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (a) by striking 
‘‘Industry Vessel’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table 
of section at the beginning of chapter 45 
of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the item relating to such sec-
tion and inserting the following: 
‘‘4508. Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee.’’. 
(d) LOADLINES
FOR
VESSELS
OVER
FEET.—Section 5102(b)(3) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after 
‘‘vessel’’ the following ‘‘, unless the vessel is 
built or undergoes a major conversion com-
pleted after January 1, 2008’’. 
(e) CLASSING OF VESSELS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4503 of title 
46, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking the section heading 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘§ 4503. Fishing, fish tender, and fish processing ves-
sel certification’’; 
(B) in subsection (a) by striking 
‘‘fish processing’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) This section applies to a vessel to 
which section 4502(b) of this title applies 
that— 
‘‘(1) is at least 50 feet overall in 
length; 
‘‘(2) is built after January 1, 2008; or 
‘‘(3) undergoes a major conversion 
completed after that date. 
‘‘(d) After January 1, 2018, this section ap-
plies to a fishing vessel or fish tender vessel 
that is built before January 1, 2008, and is 25 
years of age or older, unless the vessel complies 
with an alternate safety compliance program 
prescribed by the Secretary.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table 
of section at the beginning of chapter 45 
of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the item relating to such sec-
tion and inserting the following: 
‘‘4503. Fishing, fish tender, and fish processing vessel certifi-
cation.’’. 
(f) ALTERNATIVE SAFETY COMPLIANCE PRO-
GRAM.—No later than January 1, 2015, the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating shall prescribe an alter-
native safety compliance program referred to 
in section 4503(d) of the title 46, United States 
Code, as amended by this section. 
SEC. 308. MARINER RECORDS. 
Section 7502 of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘computerized records’’ 
and inserting ‘‘records, including elec-
tronic records,’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) The Secretary may prescribe regula-
tions requiring a vessel owner or managing 
operator of a commercial vessel, or the em-
ployer of a seaman on that vessel, to maintain 
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records of each individual engaged on the ves-
sel on matters of engagement, discharge, and 
service for not less than 5 years after the date 
of the completion of the service of that indi-
vidual on the vessel. The regulations may re-
quire that a vessel owner, managing operator, 
or employer shall make these records avail-
able to the individual and the Coast Guard on 
request. 
‘‘(c) A person violating this section, or a 
regulation prescribed under this section, is 
liable to the United States Government for a 
civil penalty of not more than $5,000.’’. 
SEC. 309. DELETION OF EXEMPTION OF LICENSE REQUIRE-
MENT FOR OPERATORS OF CERTAIN TOWING 
VESSELS. 
Section 8905 of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as 
subsection (b). 
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SEC. 310. ADJUSTMENT OF LIABILITY LIMITS FOR NATURAL 
GAS DEEPWATER PORTS. 
Section 1004(d)(2) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2704(d)(2)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) The Secretary may establish, 
by regulation, a limit of liability of 
not less than $12,000,000 for a deep-
water port used only in connection 
with transportation of natural gas.’’. 
SEC. 311. PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST 
OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND. 
Section 1012(h)(1) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(h)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’. 
SEC. 312. LOG BOOKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 113 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘§ 11304. Additional logbook and entry requirements 
‘‘(a) A vessel of the United States that is 
subject to inspection under section 3301 of this 
title, except a vessel on a voyage from a port 
in the United States to a port in Canada, shall 
have an official logbook. 
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‘‘(b) The log book required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following entries: 
‘‘(1) The time when each seaman and 
each officer assumed or relieved the 
watch. 
‘‘(2) The number of hours in service to 
the vessels of each seaman and each offi-
cer. 
‘‘(3) An account of each accident, ill-
ness, and injury that occurs during each 
watch.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘11304. Additional logbook and entry requirements.’’. 
SEC. 313. UNSAFE OPERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2116. Termination for unsafe operation 
‘‘An individual authorized to enforce this 
title— 
‘‘(1) may remove a certificate required 
by this title from a vessel that is operating 
in a condition that does not comply with 
the provisions of the certificate; 
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‘‘(2) may order the individual in 
charge of a vessel that is operating that 
does not have on board the certificate re-
quired by this title to return the vessel to 
a mooring and to remain there until the 
vessel is in compliance with this title; and 
‘‘(3) may direct the individual in 
charge of a vessel to which this title ap-
plies to immediately take reasonable steps 
necessary for the safety of individuals on 
board the vessel if the official observes the 
vessel being operated in an unsafe condi-
tion that the official believes creates an 
especially hazardous condition, including 
ordering the individual in charge to re-
turn the vessel to a mooring and to re-
main there until the situation creating 
the hazard is corrected or ended.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 2116. Termination for unsafe operation.’’. 
SEC. 314. APPROVAL OF SURVIVAL CRAFT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 31 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 3104. Survival craft 
‘‘(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
the Secretary may not approve a survival craft 
as a safety device for purposes of this part, un-
less the craft ensures that no part of an indi-
vidual is immersed in water. 
‘‘(b) The Secretary may authorize a sur-
vival craft that does not provide protection de-
scribed in subsection (a) to remain in service 
until not later than January 1, 2013, if— 
‘‘(1) it was approved by the Secretary 
before January 1, 2008; and 
‘‘(2) it is in serviceable condition.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 3104. Survival craft.’’. 
SEC. 315. SAFETY MANAGEMENT. 
(a) 
VESSELS
TO
WHICH
REQUIREMENTS 
APPLY.—Section 3202 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking the 
heading and inserting ‘‘FOREIGN VOYAGES 
AND FOREIGN VESSELS.—’’; 
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(2) by redesignating subsections (b) 
and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respec-
tively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) 
the following: 
‘‘(b) 
OTHER
PASSENGER
VESSELS.—This 
chapter applies to a vessel that is— 
‘‘(1) a passenger vessel or small pas-
senger vessel; and 
‘‘(2) is transporting more passengers 
than a number prescribed by the Sec-
retary based on the number of individuals 
on the vessel that could be killed or in-
jured in a marine casualty.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)(4), as so redesig-
nated, by inserting ‘‘that is not described 
in subsection (b) of this section’’ after 
‘‘waters’’. 
(b) SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—Section 
3203 of title 46, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(c) In prescribing regulations for pas-
senger vessels and small passenger vessels, the 
Secretary shall consider the characteristics, 
methods of operation, and nature of the serv-
ice of these vessels.’’. 
SEC. 316. PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2114 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(3) by adding at the end of subsection 
(a)(1) the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) the seaman testified in a pro-
ceeding brought to enforce a maritime 
safety law or regulation prescribed under 
that law; 
‘‘(D) the seaman notified, or attempted 
to notify, the vessel owner or the Secretary 
of a work-related personal injury or work- 
related illness of a seaman; 
‘‘(E) the seaman cooperated with a 
safety investigation by the Secretary or 
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the 
National 
Transportation 
Safety 
Board; 
‘‘(F) the seaman furnished informa-
tion to the Secretary, the National Trans-
portation Safety Board, or any other pub-
lic official as to the facts relating to any 
marine casualty resulting in injury or 
death to an individual or damage to prop-
erty occurring in connection with vessel 
transportation; or 
‘‘(G) the seaman accurately reported 
hours of duty under this part.’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (b) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(b) A seaman alleging discharge or dis-
crimination in violation of subsection (a) of 
this section, or another person at the seaman’s 
request, may file a complaint with respect to 
such allegation in the same manner as a com-
plaint may be filed under subsection (b) of sec-
tion 31105 of title 49. Such complaint shall be 
subject to the procedures, requirements, and 
rights described in that section, including 
with respect to the right to file an objection, 
the right of a person to file for a petition for 
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review under subsection (c) of that section, 
and the requirement to bring a civil action 
under subsection (d) of that section.’’. 
(b) EXISTING ACTIONS.—This section shall 
not affect the application of section 2114(b) of 
title 46, United States Code, as in effect before 
the date of enactment of this Act, to an action 
filed under that section before that date. 
SEC. 317. DRY BULK CARGO RESIDUE. 
Section 623(a)(2) of the Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (33 U.S.C. 
1901 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 318. CLARIFICATION OF DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY 
TO CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES. 
Section 3316 of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting 
‘‘or for a floating installation’’ after 
‘‘chapter 121 of this title’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting 
‘‘or for floating installations’’ after ‘‘ves-
sels documented in that country’’; 
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(3) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by inserting 
‘‘or floating installation’’ after ‘‘after the 
vessel’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) For purposes of this section, the term 
‘floating installation’ means any installation, 
structure, or other device that floats and that 
either dynamically holds position or is tempo-
rarily or permanently attached to the seabed 
or subsoil under the territorial sea of the 
United States or the outer Continental Shelf 
(as that term is defined in section 2 of the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331)), and is used for the purpose of exploring 
for, developing, producing, or storing the re-
sources from that seabed or subsoil.’’. 
SEC. 319. REGISTRY ENDORSEMENT FOR LNG VESSELS. 
Section 12111 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) A vessel or facility for which a registry 
endorsement is not issued may not engage in 
regassifying on navigable waters unless the 
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vessel or facility transported the gas from a 
foreign port.’’. 
SEC. 320. OATHS. 
Sections 7105 and 7305 of title 46, United 
States Code, and the items relating to such sec-
tions in the analysis for chapters 71 and 73 of 
such title, are repealed. 
SEC. 321. DURATION OF CREDENTIALS. 
(a) MERCHANT
MARINER’S
DOCUMENTS.— 
Section 7302(f) of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) PERIODS OF VALIDITY AND RENEWAL OF 
MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in subsection (g), a merchant mariner’s 
document issued under this chapter is 
valid for a 5-year period and may be re-
newed for additional 5-year periods. 
‘‘(2) ADVANCE
RENEWALS.—A renewed 
merchant mariner’s document may be 
issued under this chapter up to 8 months 
in advance but is not effective until the 
date that the previously issued merchant 
mariner’s document expires.’’. 
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(b) DURATION OF LICENSES.—Section 7106 
of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 7106. Duration of licenses 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A license issued under 
this part is valid for a 5-year period and may 
be renewed for additional 5-year periods; ex-
cept that the validity of a license issued to a 
radio officer is conditioned on the continuous 
possession by the holder of a first-class or sec-
ond-class 
radiotelegraph 
operator 
license 
issued by the Federal Communications Com-
mission. 
‘‘(b) ADVANCE RENEWALS.—A renewed li-
cense issued under this part may be issued up 
to 8 months in advance but is not effective 
until the date that the previously issued li-
cense expires.’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATES
OF
REGISTRY.—Section 
7107 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 7107. Duration of certificates of registry 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A certificate of registry 
issued under this part is valid for a 5-year pe-
riod and may be renewed for additional 5-year 
periods; except that the validity of a certificate 
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issued to a medical doctor or professional 
nurse is conditioned on the continuous posses-
sion by the holder of a license as a medical 
doctor or registered nurse, respectively, issued 
by a State. 
‘‘(b) ADVANCE RENEWALS.—A renewed cer-
tificate of registry issued under this part may 
be issued up to 8 months in advance but is not 
effective until the date that the previously 
issued certificate of registry expires.’’. 
SEC. 322. FINGERPRINTING. 
(a) MERCHANT MARINER LICENSES AND DOC-
UMENTS.—Chapter 75 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 7507. Fingerprinting 
‘‘The Secretary of the Department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating may not require 
an individual to be fingerprinted for the 
issuance or renewal of a license, a certificate 
of registry, or a merchant mariner’s document 
under chapter 71 or 73 if the individual was 
fingerprinted when the individual applied for 
a transportation security card under section 
70105.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis 
for such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘7507. Fingerprinting.’’. 
SEC. 323. AUTHORIZATION TO EXTEND THE DURATION OF 
LICENSES, CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY, AND 
MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS. 
(a) MERCHANT MARINER LICENSES AND DOC-
UMENTS.—Chapter 75 of title 46, United States 
Code, as amended by section 322(a) of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘§ 7508. Authority to extend the duration of licenses, 
certificates of registry, and merchant 
mariner documents 
‘‘(a) LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES OF REG-
ISTRY.—Notwithstanding 
section 
7106 
and 
7107, the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating may extend for 
one year an expiring license or certificate of 
registry issued for an individual under chap-
ter 71 if the Secretary determines that exten-
sion is required to enable the Coast Guard to 
eliminate a backlog in processing applications 
for those licenses or certificates of registry. 
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‘‘(b) MERCHANT MARINER DOCUMENTS.—Not-
withstanding section 7302(g), the Secretary 
may extend for one year an expiring merchant 
mariner’s document issued for an individual 
under chapter 71 if the Secretary determines 
that extension is required to enable the Coast 
Guard to eliminate a backlog in processing 
applications for those documents. 
‘‘(c) MANNER
OF EXTENSION.—Any exten-
sions granted under this section may be grant-
ed to individual seamen or a specifically iden-
tified group of seamen. 
‘‘(d) EXPIRATION
OF AUTHORITY.—The au-
thority for providing an extension under this 
section shall expire on June 30, 2009.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis 
for such chapter, as amended by section 
322(b), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘7508. Authority to extend the duration of licenses, certificates of 
registry, and merchant mariner documents.’’. 
SEC. 324. MERCHANT MARINER DOCUMENTATION. 
(a) 
INTERIM
CLEARANCE
PROCESS.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating shall de-
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velop 
an 
interim 
clearance 
process 
for 
issuance of a merchant mariner document to 
enable a newly hired seaman to begin working 
on an offshore supply vessel or towing vessel 
if the Secretary makes an initial determina-
tion that the seaman does not pose a safety 
and security risk. 
(b) CONTENTS
OF PROCESS.—The process 
under subsection (a) shall include a check 
against the consolidated and integrated ter-
rorist watch list maintained by the Federal 
Government, review of the seaman’s criminal 
record, and review of the results of testing the 
seaman for use of a dangerous drug (as de-
fined in section 2101 of title 46, United States 
Code) in violation of law or Federal regula-
tion. 
SEC. 325. MERCHANT MARINER ASSISTANCE REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a report regarding a plan— 
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(1) to expand the streamlined evalua-
tion process program that was affiliated 
with the Houston Regional Examination 
Center of the Coast Guard to all proc-
essing centers of the Coast Guard nation-
wide; 
(2) to include proposals to simplify the 
application process for a license as an of-
ficer, staff officer, or operator and for a 
merchant mariner’s document to help 
eliminate errors by merchant mariners 
when completing the application form 
(CG–719B), 
including 
instructions 
at-
tached to the application form and a 
modified application form for renewals 
with questions pertaining only to the pe-
riod of time since the previous applica-
tion; 
(3) to provide notice to an applicant of 
the status of the pending application, in-
cluding a process to allow the applicant 
to check on the status of the application 
by electronic means; and 
(4) to ensure that all information col-
lected with respect to applications for new 
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or renewed licenses, merchant mariner 
documents, and certificates of registry is 
retained in a secure electronic format. 
SEC. 326. MERCHANT MARINER SHORTAGE REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation, acting through the Administrator of 
the Maritime Administration, shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report con-
cerning methods to address the current and 
future shortage in the number of merchant 
mariners, particularly entry-level mariners, 
including an evaluation of whether an edu-
cational loan program providing loans for the 
cost of on-the-job training would provide an 
incentive for workers and help alleviate the 
shortage. 
SEC. 327. MERCHANT MARINER DOCUMENT STANDARDS. 
Not later than 270 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the de-
partment in which the Coast Guard is oper-
ating shall submit to the Committees on 
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Transportation and Infrastructure and Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate— 
(1) a plan to ensure that the process 
for an application, by an individual who 
has, or has applied for, a transportation 
security card under section 70105 of title 
46, United States Code, for a merchant 
mariner document can be completed en-
tirely by mail; and 
(2) a report on the feasibility of, and a 
timeline to, redesign the merchant mar-
iner document to comply with the require-
ments of such section, including a biomet-
ric identifier, and all relevant inter-
national conventions, including the Inter-
national Labour Organization Convention 
Number 185 concerning the seafarers 
identity document, and include a review 
on whether or not such redesign will 
eliminate the need for separate creden-
tials 
and 
background 
screening 
and 
streamline the application process for 
mariners. 
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SEC. 328. WATERSIDE SECURITY AROUND LIQUEFIED NAT-
URAL GAS TERMINALS AND LIQUEFIED NAT-
URAL GAS TANKERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant of the 
Coast Guard shall be responsible for ensuring 
appropriate waterside security services, based 
on the threat, vulnerability, and consequence 
of a terrorist attack, around liquefied natural 
gas terminals and around tankers trans-
porting liquefied natural gas in security zones 
established by the Coast Guard. 
(b) LIMITATION ON RELIANCE ON STATE AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Security arrangements 
approved as part of the facility security plan 
approved under section 70103 of title 46, 
United States Code, for an onshore liquefied 
natural gas terminal may not be based upon 
the provision of security by a State or local 
government unless the State or local govern-
ment has entered into a contract, cooperative 
agreement, or other arrangement with the ter-
minal operator to provide such services and 
the Secretary certifies that the waterborne pa-
trols operated by State or local governments 
have the training, resources, personnel, equip-
ment, and experience necessary to successfully 
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deter and respond to transportation security 
incidents (as that term is defined in section 
70101of title 46, United States Code). 
(c) ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY ZONES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Security zones estab-
lished by the Coast Guard around tankers 
transporting liquefied natural gas shall 
be enforced by the Coast Guard. 
(2) UTILIZATION
OF
STATE
AND
LOCAL 
RESOURCES.—Subject to any contract, co-
operative agreement, or other arrange-
ment established in accordance with sub-
section (b), the Coast Guard may utilize 
State or local government resources to as-
sist in enforcing any security zone estab-
lished by the Coast Guard. 
(3) REIMBURSEMENT.— Any Federal, 
State, or local entity enforcing a security 
zone established by the Coast Guard for a 
liquefied natural gas terminal or for a 
tanker traveling to or from such a ter-
minal, may seek appropriate reimburse-
ment from the terminal. 
(d) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR NEW LNG 
TERMINALS.—The Secretary of the department 
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in which the Coast Guard is operating may not 
approve a facility security plan under section 
70103 of title 46, United States Code, for a liq-
uefied natural gas terminal the construction 
of which is begun after the date of enactment 
of this Act unless the Secretary certifies that 
the Coast Guard sector in which the terminal 
is located has all of the assets it needs to pro-
vide waterside security around the terminal 
and to provide security around tankers trans-
porting liquefied natural gas in security zones 
established by the Coast Guard. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION FOR GALLANT 
LADY. 
Section 1120(c) of the Coast Guard Author-
ization Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3977) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘of 
Transpor-
tation’’ and inserting ‘‘of the depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating’’; and 
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(B) by striking subparagraph (A) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the vessel GALLANT LADY 
(Feadship hull number 672, approxi-
mately 168 feet in length).’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) 
and redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (3); and 
(3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesig-
nated) by striking all after ‘‘shall expire’’ 
and inserting ‘‘on the date of the sale of 
the vessel by the owner.’’. 
SEC. 402. WAIVER. 
Notwithstanding section 12112 and chap-
ter 551 of title 46, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating may issue a certificate of 
documentation with a coastwise endorsement 
for the OCEAN VERITAS (IMO Number 
7366805). 
SEC. 403. GREAT LAKES MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 
Section 605 of the Coast Guard and Mari-
time Transportation Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 
1052) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of 
Transportation shall conduct a study 
that’’ and inserting ‘‘The Institute 
shall 
conduct 
maritime 
transpor-
tation studies of the Great Lakes re-
gion, including studies that’’; 
(B) in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), 
(E), (F), (H), (I), and (J) by striking 
‘‘evaluates’’ and inserting ‘‘evaluate’’; 
(C) in subparagraphs (D) and (G) 
by striking ‘‘analyzes’’ and inserting 
‘‘analyze’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (I); 
(E) by striking the period at the 
end of subparagraph (J) and insert-
ing a semicolon; 
(F) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(K) identify ways to improve the 
integration of the Great Lakes marine 
transportation system into the na-
tional transportation system; 
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