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46 U.S.C. § 57101 — Placement of vessels in National Defense Reserve Fleet
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**(a) In General.—** Any vessel acquired by the Maritime Administration of 1,500 gross tons or more or such other vessels as the Secretary of Transportation determines are appropriate shall be placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
**(b) Removal From Fleet.—** A vessel placed in the Fleet under subsection (a) may not be traded out or sold from the Fleet, except as provided in section 57102, 57103, or 57104 or chapter 533, 537, 573, or 575 of this title, or [section 308704 of title 54](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section308704&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Authority of Federal Entities To Transfer Vessels.—** All Federal entities are authorized to transfer vessels to the National Defense Reserve Fleet without reimbursement subject to the approval of the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Navy with respect to Ready Reserve Force vessels and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all other vessels.
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**(a) In General.—** Any vessel acquired by the Maritime Administration of 1,500 gross tons or more or such other vessels as the Secretary of Transportation determines are appropriate shall be placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
**(b) Removal From Fleet.—** A vessel placed in the Fleet under subsection (a) may not be traded out or sold from the Fleet, except as provided in section 57102, 57103, or 57104 or chapter 533, 537, 573, or 575 of this title, or [section 308704 of title 54](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title54-section308704&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Authority of Federal Entities To Transfer Vessels.—** All Federal entities are authorized to transfer vessels to the National Defense Reserve Fleet without reimbursement subject to the approval of the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Navy with respect to Ready Reserve Force vessels and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all other vessels.
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**(a) Availability of Funds From Sale and Scrapping of Obsolete Vessels.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of funds credited in a fiscal year to the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund established by [section 50301(a) of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section50301/a&num=0&edition=prelim) that is attributable to the sale of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that are scrapped or sold under section 57102, 57103, or 57104 of title 46 shall be available until expended as follows:
(A) Fifty percent shall be available to the Administrator of the Maritime Administration for such acquisition, maintenance, repair, reconditioning, or improvement of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet as is authorized under other Federal law.
(B) Twenty five percent shall be available to the Administrator of the Maritime Administration for the payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred by or on behalf of State maritime academies or the United States Merchant Marine Academy for facility and training ship maintenance, repair, and modernization, and for the purchase of simulators and fuel.
(C) The remainder shall be available to the Secretary to carry out the Program, as provided in subsection (b).
(2) **Applicability.—** — Paragraph (1) does not apply to amounts credited to the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund before July 1, 1994.
**(b) Use of Amounts for Program.—**
(1) **Allocation.—**
(A) *In general.—* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B) and paragraph (2), of the amounts available each fiscal year for the Program under subsection (a)(1)(C)—
(i) 50 percent shall be used for grants under section 308703(b); and
(ii) 50 percent shall be used for
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 57101
‘‘(2) AGREEMENT
WITH
VESSEL
CONSTRUCTION
MAN-
AGER.—Notwithstanding section 8679 of title 10,
United States Code, and subject to the availability of
appropriations made specifically available for reim-
bursements to the Ready Reserve Force, Maritime
Administration account of the Department of Trans-
portation for programs, projects, activities, and ex-
penses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet,
the Secretary of the Transportation, in consultation
with the Secretary of the Navy, shall seek to enter
into an agreement with an appropriate vessel con-
struction manager under which the vessel construc-
tion manager shall enter into a contract for the con-
struction of not more than ten such vessels in accord-
ance with this section.
‘‘(b) CONSTRUCTION
AND
DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—A vessel constructed pursuant to this section
shall meet the requirements for, and be issued a certifi-
cate of, documentation and a coastwise endorsement
under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code.
‘‘(c) DESIGN
STANDARDS
AND
CONSTRUCTION
PRAC-
TICES.—Subject to subsection (b), a vessel constructed
pursuant to this section shall be constructed using
commercial design standards and commercial construc-
tion practices that are consistent with the best inter-
ests of the Federal Government.
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL ENTITIES.—
The Secretary of Transportation shall consult and co-
ordinate with the Secretary of the Navy and may con-
sult with the heads of other appropriate Federal agen-
cies regarding the vessel described in subsection (a) and
activities associated with such vessel.
‘‘(e) LIMITATION
ON USE
OF FUNDS
FOR USED VES-
SELS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this Act or otherwise made availabl
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