46 U.S.C. § 50113 — Use and performance reports by opera-

Page 331 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 50114 (3) The existence of an established program of the applicant encompassing research and training directed to enhancing maritime in- dustries. (4) The demonstrated ability of the applicant to assemble and evaluate pertinent informa- tion from national and international sources and to disseminate results of maritime indus- try research and educational programs through a continuing education program. (5) The qualification of the applicant as a nonprofit institution of higher learning. (e) FINANCIAL AWARDS.—The Secretary may make awards on an equal matching basis to an institute designated under subsection (a) from amounts appropriated. The aggregate annual amount of the Federal share of the awards by the Secretary may not exceed $500,000. (f) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH FUNDS.—The Secretary may make a grant under section 5505 of title 49 to an institute designated under subsection (a) for maritime and maritime intermodal research under that section as if the institute were a university transportation cen- ter. In making a grant, the Secretary, through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Re- search and Technology of the Department of Transportation, shall advise the Maritime Ad- ministration on the availability of funds for the grants and consult with the Administration on making the grants. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1561; Pub. L. 113–76, div. L, title I, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 574.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 50112 .......... 46 App.:1121–2. Pub. L. 101–115, § 8, Oct. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 694; Pub. L. 101–595, title VII, § 702, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2994; Pub. L. 102–241, § 47, Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2227; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXV, § 3504], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–493; Pub. L. 108–426, Nov. 30, 2004, § 2(c)(4), 118 Stat. 2424. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation’’ sub- stituted for ‘‘Research and Innovative Technology Ad- ministration’’ in subsec. (f) on authority of title I of div. L of Pub. L. 113–76, set out in part as a note under former section 112 of Title 49, Transportation. § 50113. Use and performance reports by opera- tors of vessels (a) FILING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Transportation by regulation may require the operator of a vessel in the waterborne foreign commerce of the United States to file such re- port, account, record, or memorandum on the use and performance of the vessel as the Sec- retary considers desirable to assist in carrying out this subtitle. The report, account, record, or memorandum shall be signed and verified, and be filed at the times and in the manner, as pro- vided by regulation. (b) CIVIL PENALTY.—An operator not filing a report, account, record, or memorandum re- quired by the Secretary under this section is lia- ble to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $50 for each day of the violation. A penalty imposed under this section on the oper- ator of a vessel constitutes a lien on the vessel involved in the violation. A civil action in rem to enforce the lien may be brought in the dis- trict court of the United States for any district in which the vessel is found. The Secretary may remit or mitigate any penalty imposed under this section. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1562.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 50113 .......... 46 App.:1122a. June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title II, § 212(A), as added June 25, 1956, ch. 437, 70 Stat. 332; Aug. 6, 1981, Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(70), 95 Stat. 159. § 50114. National maritime strategy (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor- tation, in consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is oper- ating and the Commander of United States Transportation Command, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc- ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans- portation of the Senate— (1) a national maritime strategy; and (2) not less often than once every five years after the submission of such strategy, an up- date to the strategy. (b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol- lowing: (1) An identification of— (A) international policies and Federal reg- ulations and policies that reduce the com- petitiveness of United States-documented vessels with foreign vessels in domestic and international transportation markets; and (B) the impact of reduced cargo flow due to reductions in the number of members of the United States Armed Forces stationed or de- ployed outside of the United States. (2) Recommendations to— (A) make United States-documented ves- sels more competitive in shipping routes be- tween United States and foreign ports; (B) increase the use of United States-docu- mented vessels to carry cargo imported to and exported from the United States; (C) ensure compliance by Federal agencies with chapter 553; (D) increase the use of short sea transpor- tation routes, including routes designated under section 55601(b), to enhance inter- modal freight movements; (E) enhance United States shipbuilding ca- pability; (F) invest in, and identify gaps in, infra- structure needed to facilitate the movement of goods at ports and throughout the trans- portation system, including innovative physical and information technologies;