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In this title, the term “agency” means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government.
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**(a) Minimum Tonnage.—** When the United States Government procures, contracts for, or otherwise obtains for its own account, or furnishes to or for the account of a foreign country, organization, or persons without provision for reimbursement, any equipment, materials, or commodities, or provides financing in any way with Federal funds for the account of any persons unless otherwise exempted, within or without the United States, or advances funds or credits, or guarantees the convertibility of foreign currencies in connection with the furnishing or obtaining of the equipment, materials, or commodities, the appropriate agencies shall take steps necessary and practicable to ensure that at least 50 percent of the gross tonnage of the equipment, materials, or commodities (computed separately for dry bulk carriers, dry cargo liners, and tankers) which may be transported on ocean vessels is transported on privately-owned commercial vessels of the United States, as provided under subsection (b), to the extent those vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for commercial vessels of the United States, in a manner that will ensure a fair and reasonable participation of commercial vessels of the United States in those cargoes by geographic areas. **(b) Eligible Vessels.—** To be eligible to carry cargo as provided under subsection (a), a privately-owned commercial vessel shall be documented under the laws of the United States— (1) for not less than three years; or (2) after January 1, 2030, for less than three years, if the vessel owner signs an agreement with the Secretary providing that— (A) the vessel shall remain documented under the laws of the United States for not less than three years; and (B) the vessel owner shall, upon request of the Secretary, agre
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**(a) Vessel Design, Equipment, Construction, and Retrofitting Requirements.—** (1) **In general.—** — Each vessel to which this subsection applies shall comply with the following design and construction standards: (A) The vessel shall be equipped with ship rails that are located not less than 42 inches above the cabin deck. (B) Each passenger stateroom and crew cabin shall be equipped with entry doors that include peep holes or other means of visual identification. (C) For any vessel the keel of which is laid after the date of enactment of the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010, each passenger stateroom and crew cabin shall be equipped with— (i) security latches; and (ii) time-sensitive key technology. (D) The vessel shall integrate technology that can be used for capturing images of passengers or detecting passengers who have fallen overboard, to the extent that such technology is available. (E) The vessel shall be equipped with a sufficient number of operable acoustic hailing or other such warning devices to provide communication capability around the entire vessel when operating in high risk areas (as defined by the United States Coast Guard). (2) **Fire safety codes.—** — In administering the requirements of paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall take into consideration fire safety and other applicable emergency requirements established by the U.S. Coast Guard and under international law, as appropriate. **(b) Video Recording.—** (1) **Requirement to maintain surveillance.—** (A) *In general.—* — The owner of a vessel to which this section applies shall maintain a video surveillance system to assist in documenting crimes on the vessel and in providing evidence for the prosecution of such crimes. (B) *Placement of video s
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The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall certify a training curriculum for United States mariners on the use of force against pirates. The curriculum shall include— (1) information on waters designated as high-risk waters by the Commandant of the Coast Guard; (2) information on current threats and patterns of attack by pirates; (3) tactics for defense of a vessel, including instruction on the types, use, and limitations of security equipment; (4) standard rules for the use of force for self-defense as developed by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating under section 912(c) of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–281; [46 U.S.C. 8107](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section8107&num=0&edition=prelim) note), including instruction on firearm safety for crewmembers of vessels carrying cargo under [section 55305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section55305&num=0&edition=prelim); and (5) procedures to follow to improve crewmember survivability if captured and taken hostage by pirates.
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**(a) General Requirements.—** With the objective of promoting, encouraging, and developing ports and transportation facilities in connection with water commerce over which the Secretary of Transportation has jurisdiction, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army, shall— (1) investigate territorial regions and zones tributary to ports, taking into consideration the economies of transportation by rail, water, and highway and the natural direction of the flow of commerce; (2) investigate the causes of congestion of commerce at ports and applicable remedies; (3) investigate the subject of water terminals, including the necessary docks, warehouses, and equipment, to devise and suggest the types most appropriate for different locations and for the most expeditious and economical transfer or interchange of passengers or property between water carriers and rail carriers; (4) consult with communities on the appropriate location and plan of construction of wharves, piers, and water terminals; (5) investigate the practicability and advantages of harbor, river, and port improvements in connection with foreign and coastwise trade; and (6) investigate any other matter that may tend to promote and encourage the use by vessels of ports adequate to care for the freight that naturally would pass through those ports. **(b) Submission of Findings to Surface Transportation Board.—** After an investigation under subsection (a), if the Secretary of Transportation believes that the rates or practices of a rail carrier subject to the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board are detrimental to the objective specified in subsection (a), or that new rates or practices, new or additional port terminal facilities, or affirmative action by a rail carrier is necessa
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**(a) National Maritime Transportation Security Plan.—** (1) The Secretary shall prepare a National Maritime Transportation Security Plan for deterring and responding to a transportation security incident. (2) The National Maritime Transportation Security Plan shall provide for efficient, coordinated, and effective action to deter and minimize damage from a transportation security incident, and shall include the following: (A) Assignment of duties and responsibilities among Federal departments and agencies and coordination with State and local governmental agencies. (B) Identification of security resources. (C) Procedures and techniques to be employed in deterring a national transportation security incident. (D) Establishment of procedures for the coordination of activities of— (i) Coast Guard maritime security teams established under this chapter; and (ii) Federal Maritime Security Coordinators required under this chapter. (E) A system of surveillance and notice designed to safeguard against as well as ensure earliest possible notice of a transportation security incident and imminent threats of such a security incident to the appropriate State and Federal agencies. (F) Establishment of criteria and procedures to ensure immediate and effective Federal identification of a transportation security incident, or the substantial threat of such a security incident. (G) Designation of— (i) areas for which Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans are required to be prepared under subsection (b); and (ii) a Coast Guard official who shall be the Federal Maritime Security Coordinator for each such area. (H) A risk-based system for evaluating the potential for violations of security zones designated by the Secretary on the waters subj
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**(a) Automated External Defibrillators.—** Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall promulgate regulations to— (1) require that the owner of a vessel to which section 3507 applies install, and maintain in working order, automated external defibrillators on such vessel; (2) require that such defibrillators be placed throughout such vessel in clearly designated locations; (3) require that such defibrillators are available for passenger and crew access in the event of an emergency; and (4) require that automated external defibrillators, or adjacent equipment, allow passengers and crew to easily contact medical staff of the vessel. **(b) Definition of Owner.—** In this section, the term “owner” has the meaning given such term in section 3507.
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**(a) Retention Bonus Authorized.—** A member of the armed forces who is serving on active duty in a regular component or in an active status in a reserve component, or a member the Space Force who is serving in space force active status, and who is qualified in a critical military skill designated under subsection (b) or accepts an assignment to a high priority unit designated under such subsection may be paid a retention bonus as provided in this section if— (1) in the case of an officer, the member executes a written agreement to remain on active duty for at least one year, to remain in an active status in a reserve component for at least one year, or to remain in space force active status for at least one year; (2) in the case of an enlisted member, other than an enlisted member referred to in paragraph (3), the member reenlists or voluntarily extends the member’s enlistment for a period of at least one year; or (3) in the case of an enlisted member serving pursuant to an indefinite reenlistment, the member executes a written agreement to remain on active duty for a period of at least one year or to remain in an active status in a reserve component for a period of at least one year. **(b) Eligibility Criteria.—** (1) A designated critical military skill referred to in subsection (a) is a military skill designated as critical by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy. (2) The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, may designate a unit as a high priority unit regarding which a retention bonus will be provided to a member of the armed forces who agrees
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**(a) In general** Not later than 180 days after July 11, 2006, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on steps that the Coast Guard will take to significantly improve the Coast Guard’s detection and interdiction of illegal incursions into the United States exclusive economic zone by foreign fishing vessels. **(b) Specific issues to be addressed** The report shall— (1) focus on areas in the exclusive economic zone where the Coast Guard has failed to detect or interdict such incursions in the 4-fiscal-year period beginning with fiscal year 2000, including such areas in the Western/Central Pacific and the Bering Sea; and (2) include an evaluation of the potential use of unmanned aircraft and offshore platforms for detecting or interdicting such incursions. **(c) Biennial updates** The Secretary shall provide biannual reports updating the Coast Guard’s progress in detecting or interdicting such incursions to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
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**(a) Required Policy.—** (1) **In general.—** — The Secretary of Transportation shall direct the Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to prescribe a policy on sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking applicable to the cadets and other personnel of the Academy. (2) **Matters to be specified in policy.—** — The policy on sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking prescribed under this subsection shall include— (A) a program to promote awareness and prevention of the incidence of rape, acquaintance rape, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and other sexual offenses of a criminal nature that involve cadets or other Academy personnel; (B) procedures for documenting, tracking, and maintaining the data required to conduct the annual assessments to determine the effectiveness of the policies, procedures, and training program of the Academy with respect to sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking involving cadets or other Academy personnel, as required by subsection (c); (C) procedures that a cadet or other Academy personnel should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including— (i) specifying the person or persons to whom an alleged occurrence of sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking should be reported by the victim and the options for confidential reporting; (ii) specifying any other person whom the victim should contact; and (iii) procedures on the preservation of evidence potentially necessary for proof of a criminal sexual offense; (D) procedures for investig
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For the purpose of this chapter: (1) The term “Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan” means an Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan prepared under section 70103(b). (2) The term “cybersecurity risk” has the meaning given the term in section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. (3) The term “facility” means any structure or facility of any kind located in, on, under, or adjacent to any waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (4) The term “National Maritime Transportation Security Plan” means the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan prepared and published under section 70103(a). (5) The term “owner or operator” means— (A) in the case of a vessel, any person owning, operating, or chartering by demise, such vessel; and (B) in the case of a facility, any person owning, leasing, or operating such facility. (6) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. (7) The term “transportation security incident” means a security incident resulting in a significant loss of life, environmental damage, transportation system disruption, or economic disruption in a particular area. In this paragraph, the term “economic disruption” does not include a work stoppage or other employee-related action not related to terrorism and resulting from an employee-employer dispute.
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