IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4005 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 2, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal 
years 2015 and 2016, and for other purposes. 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
Sec. 201. Commissioned officers. 
Sec. 202. Prevention and response workforces. 
Sec. 203. Centers of expertise. 
Sec. 204. Agreements. 
Sec. 205. Coast Guard housing. 
Sec. 206. Determinations. 
Sec. 207. Annual Board of Visitors. 
Sec. 208. Repeal of limitation on medals of honor. 
Sec. 209. Mission need statement. 
Sec. 210. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request. 
Sec. 211. Inventory of real property. 
Sec. 212. Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces. 
Sec. 213. Acquisition workforce expedited hiring authority. 
Sec. 214. Icebreakers. 
Sec. 215. Multiyear procurement authority for Offshore Patrol Cutters. 
Sec. 216. Maintaining Medium Endurance Cutter mission capability. 
Sec. 217. Coast Guard administrative savings. 
Sec. 218. Technical corrections to title 14. 
Sec. 219. Flag officers. 
Sec. 220. Aviation capability in the Great Lakes region. 
Sec. 221. E-LORAN. 
TITLE III—SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION 
Sec. 301. Treatment of fishing permits. 
Sec. 302. International ice patrol reform. 
Sec. 303. Repeal. 
Sec. 304. Donation of historical property. 
Sec. 305. Small shipyards. 
Sec. 306. Drug testing reporting. 
Sec. 307. Recourse for noncitizens. 
Sec. 308. Penalty wages. 
Sec. 309. Crediting time in the sea services. 
Sec. 310. Treatment of abandoned seafarers. 
Sec. 311. Clarification of high-risk waters. 
Sec. 312. Uninspected passenger vessels in the Virgin Islands. 
Sec. 313. Offshore supply vessel third-party inspection. 
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Sec. 314. Survival craft. 
Sec. 315. Technical correction to title 46. 
Sec. 316. Enforcement. 
Sec. 317. Severe marine debris events. 
Sec. 318. Minimum tonnage. 
Sec. 319. Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 320. Report on effect of LNG export carriage requirements on job creation 
in the United States maritime industry. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 402. Terms of Commissioners. 
TITLE V—COMMERCIAL VESSEL DISCHARGE REFORM 
Sec. 501. Short title. 
Sec. 502. Discharges incidental to the normal operation of certain vessels. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 601. Distant water tuna fleet. 
Sec. 602. Vessel determination. 
Sec. 603. Lease authority. 
Sec. 604. National maritime strategy. 
Sec. 605. IMO Polar Code negotiations. 
Sec. 606. Valley View Ferry. 
Sec. 607. Competition by United States flag vessels. 
Sec. 608. Survey. 
Sec. 609. Fishing safety grant programs. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are authorized to be appropriated for each of 
fiscal years 2015 and 2016 for necessary expenses of the 
Coast Guard as follows: 
(1) For the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard— 
(A) $6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
and 
(B) $6,981,036,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
(2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuild-
ing, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
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