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States as described in Presidential Proclamation
5928 of December 27, 1988.’’.
(b) Subtitle II of title 46, United States Code, is
amended as follows:
(1) In section 2101—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (17a) as
paragraph (17b); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (17) the
following:
‘‘(17a) ‘navigable waters of the United States’
includes all waters of the territorial sea of the Unit-
ed States as described in Presidential Proclamation
5928 of December 27, 1988.’’.
(2) In section 2301, by inserting ‘‘(including
the territorial sea of the United States as described
in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27,
1988,)’’ after ‘‘of the United States’’.
(3) In section 4102(e), by striking ‘‘on the high
seas’’ and inserting ‘‘beyond 3 nautical miles from
the baselines from which the territorial sea of the
United States is measured’’.
(4) In section 4301(a), by inserting ‘‘(including
the territorial sea of the United States as described
in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27,
1988)’’ after ‘‘of the United States’’.
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(5) In section 4502(a)(7), by striking ‘‘on ves-
sels that operate on the high seas’’ and inserting
‘‘beyond 3 nautical miles from the baselines from
which the territorial sea of the United States is
measured’’.
(6) In section 4506(b), by striking paragraph
(2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) is operating—
‘‘(A) in internal waters of the United
States, or
‘‘(B) within 3 nautical miles from the
baselines from which the territorial sea of the
United States is measured.’’.
(7) In section 8502(a)(3), by striking ‘‘not on
the high seas’’ and inserting: ‘‘not beyond 3 nautical
miles from the baselines from which the territorial
sea of the United States is measured’’.
(8) In section 8503(a)(2), by striking para-
graph (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) is operating—
‘‘(A) in internal waters of the United
States, or
‘‘(B) within 3 nautical miles from the
baselines from which the territorial sea of the
United States is measured.’’.
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(c) Section 1 of title XIII of the Act of June 15, 1917
(50 U.S.C. 195), is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The term’’, and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) As used in this Act, the term ‘territorial waters
of the United States’ includes all waters of the territorial
sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proc-
lamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.’’.
SEC. 502. MANDATORY SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION FOR
MERCHANT MARINER LICENSES.
(a) Section 7703 of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by adding a new subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 7702(a) of this title,
the Secretary shall suspend or revoke, as determined
under guidelines established by regulation, a license, cer-
tificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document of the
holder—
‘‘(1) has had one or more charges initiated
under subsection (a)(1) (A) or (B) of this section,
found proved in two or more hearings under this
chapter; or
‘‘(2) has accumulated one or more convictions
of offenses under subsection (a) (2) or (3) of this
section.’’.
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(b) Section 7703 of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ at the beginning of the sec-
tion.
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