less than the aggregate value of any lease payments 
for the property on which the tank is located that 
the Coast Guard would have paid to the Alaska Na-
tive Village Corporation for St. Paul Island, Alaska, 
had such lease been extended at the same rate. 
(e) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to limit any rights of the Alaska Native Vil-
lage Corporation for St. Paul to receive conveyance of all 
or part of the lands and improvements related to Tract 
43 under the same terms and conditions as prescribed in 
section 524 of the Pribilof Island Transition Completion 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–120). 
SEC. 219. NOTIFICATION OF COMMUNICATION OUTAGES. 
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 Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report that— 
(1) contains a plan for the Coast Guard to no-
tify mariners of radio outages for towers owned and 
operated by the Coast Guard in District 17; 
(2) address in such plan how the Coast Guard 
in District 17 will—
(A) disseminate outage updates regarding 
outages on social media at least every 48 hours; 
(B) provide updates on a publicly acces-
sible website at least every 48 hours; 
(C) develop methods for notifying mariners 
where cellular connectivity does not exist; 
(D) generate receipt confirmation and ac-
knowledgment of outages from mariners; and 
(E) develop and advertise a web-based 
communications update hub on AM/FM radio 
for mariners; and 
(3) identifies technology gaps necessary to im-
plement the plan and provide a budgetary assess-
ment necessary to implement the plan. 
TITLE III—MARITIME 
Subtitle A—Shipping 
SEC. 301. NONOPERATING INDIVIDUAL. 
Section 8313(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283) is amended by striking ‘‘the date 
that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2025’’. 
SEC. 302. OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report detailing the total number of vessels 
known or estimated to operate or to have operated under 
section 50503 of title 46, United States Code, during each 
of the past 10 fiscal years. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) The total number of foreign-flagged vessels 
known or estimated to operate or to have operated 
as oceanographic research vessels (as such term is 
defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States 
Code) during each of the past 10 fiscal years. 
(2) The total number of United States-flagged 
vessels known or estimated to operate or to have op-
erated as oceanographic research vessels (as such 
term is defined section 2101 of title 46, United 
States Code) during each of the past 10 fiscal years. 
SEC. 303. ATLANTIC COAST PORT ACCESS ROUTES BRIEF-
ING. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter until the require-
ments of section 70003 of title 46, United States Code, 
are fully executed with respect to the Atlantic Coast Port 
Access Route, the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating shall brief the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate on any progress 
made to execute such requirements. 
Subtitle B—Vessel Safety 
SEC. 304. FISHING VESSEL SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 45 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 4502(f)(2) by striking ‘‘certain 
vessels described in subsection (b) if requested by 
the owner or operator; and’’ and inserting ‘‘vessels 
described in subsection (b) if— 
‘‘(A) requested by an owner or operator; or 
‘‘(B) the vessel is— 
‘‘(i) at least 50 feet overall in length; 
‘‘(ii) built before July 1, 2013; and 
‘‘(iii) 25 years of age or older; and’’; 
(2) in section 4503(b) by striking ‘‘Except as 
provided in section 4503a, subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subsection (a)’’; and 
(3) by repealing section 4503a.