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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4247
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for certain maritime
programs of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 12, 2000
Mr. BATEMAN (for himself and Mr. UNDERWOOD) (both by request) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed
Services
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for certain
maritime programs of the Department of Transportation,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maritime Administra-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2001.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated, as
appropriations Acts may provide, for the use of the De-
partment of Transportation for the Maritime Administra-
tion as follows:
(1) For expenses necessary for operations and
training activities, not to exceed $80,240,000 for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001.
(2) For the costs, as defined in section 502 of
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of guaran-
teed loans authorized by title XI of the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1271 et seq.),
$2,000,000, to be available until expended. In addi-
tion, for administrative expenses related to loan
guarantee commitments under title XI of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1271 et
seq.), $4,179,000.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE IX OF THE MERCHANT MA-
RINE ACT, 1936.
(a) Title IX of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46
App. U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding after sec-
tion 902 the following:
‘‘SEC. 903. DOCUMENTATION OF CERTAIN DRY CARGO VES-
SELS.
‘‘The restrictions of section 901(b)(1) of this Act con-
cerning a vessel built in a foreign country shall not apply
to a drybulk or breakbulk vessel over 7,500 deadweight
tons that has been delivered from a foreign shipyard or
contracted for construction in a foreign shipyard within
either 1 year of the date of enactment of this section, or,
no later than the effective date of the OECD Shipbuilding
Trade Agreement Act, whichever occurs earlier. A vessel
timely contracted for or delivered pursuant to this section
and documented under the laws of the United States shall
be deemed to have been United States built for purposes
of sections 901(b) and 901b of this Act: Provided, That
(1) following delivery by a foreign shipyard, the vessel
shall have any additional shipyard work necessary to re-
ceive a Coast Guard certificate of inspection performed in
a United States shipyard; (2) the vessel is not documented
in another country before being documented under the
laws of the United States; (3) the vessel complies with the
same inspection standards set forth for ocean common
carriers in section 1137 of the Coast Guard Authorization
Act of 1996 (46 App. U.S.C. 1187 note); (4) actual deliv-
ery of a vessel contracted for construction takes place on
or before the 3-year anniversary of the date of the contract
to construct the vessel; and (5) the provisions of section
9(e) of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended on October
19, 1996, shall not apply to a vessel built pursuant to this
section.’’.
(b) Section 901b(c)(2) of the Merchant Marine Act,
1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1241f(c)(2)) is amended by striking
‘‘1986.’’ and inserting ‘‘1986, the 18-month period com-
mencing April 1, 2000, and the 12-month period begin-
ning on the first day of October in the year 2001 and
each year thereafter.’’.
SEC. 4. AMENDMENT RELATING TO DISPOSAL OF OBSO-
LETE VESSELS FROM THE NATIONAL DE-
FENSE RESERVE FLEET.
Section 6(c)(1)(A) of the National Maritime Heritage
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–451; 108 Stat. 4776; 16
U.S.C. 5405) is amended by striking out ‘‘2001’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘2006’’.
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