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H.R. 1361 (104th)

Coast Guard Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 1996

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30 March 1995

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Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorizations Title II: Personnel Management Improvement Title III: Navigation Safety and Waterway Services Management Title IV: Miscellaneous Title V: Coast Guard Regulatory Reform Title VI: Documentation of Vessels Title VII: Technical and Conforming Amendments Title VIII: Coast Guard Auxiliary Amendments Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 - Title I: Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY 1996 for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors relating to the performance of the Coast Guard's mission; (4) retired pay, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents; (5) alteration or removal of bridges obstructing navigation, and personnel and administrative costs associated with the bridge alteration program; and (6) environmental compliance and restoration. (Sec. 102) Authorizes: (1) an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 38,400 as of September 30, 1996; and (2) specified military training student loads for FY 1996. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to submit to specified congressional committees quarterly reports on drug interdiction. Title II: Personnel Management Improvement - Makes provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1993 concerning homeowners assistance for certain individuals affected by Hurricane Andrew applicable to the military personnel of the Coast Guard who were assigned to, or employed at or in connection with, any Federal facility or installation in the vicinity of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, subject to specified limitations. (Sec. 202) Excludes certain reserve members in computing the authorized strength of members on active duty or members in grade. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to make child development services available to members of the armed forces and Federal civilian employees. (Sec. 204) Requires any officer, chief warrant officer, or enlisted member of the Coast Guard or Coast Guard Reserve to request that all information contained in the National Driver Register pertaining to the individual be made available to the Commandant. Authorizes such individual to request the chief driver licensing official of a State to provide information about the individual to the Commandant. (Sec. 205) Revises provisions regarding officer retention to provide for retention until eligible for retirement under specified conditions. Title III: Navigation Safety and Waterway Services Management - Repeals provision requiring the Secretary of Commerce to collect and pay to the Treasury foreign passenger vessel user fees. (Sec. 302) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the Florida Avenue Bridge in Orleans Parish, Louisiana; (2) renewal of the Houston-Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee, the Lower Mississippi River Waterway Advisory Committee, the Navigation Safety Advisory Council, and the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee; (3) nondisclosure of port security plans; (4) establishment of a civil penalty to enforce maritime alcohol and dangerous drug testing; (5) withholding vessel clearance for specified violations; (6) increased civil penalties for failure to report a casualty and for operation of an uninspected vessel in violation of manning requirements; and (7) a requirement that vessels operating beyond three nautical miles from the coastline of the Great Lakes carry alerting and locating equipment, including emergency position indicating radio beacons. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to transfer Coast Guard property in Traverse City, Michigan, and in Ketchikan, Alaska. (Sec. 403) Authorizes electronic filing of commercial instruments. (Sec. 404) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) Board for Correction of Military Records deadlines; (2) judicial sale of documented vessels to aliens; (3) authority of the Commandant to sell recyclable material; (4) special selection boards; and (5) limits on the use of information from marine casualty investigations. (Sec. 407) Directs: (1) the Commandant to report on the recruitment of women and minorities into the Coast Guard; and (2) the Secretary to report on LORAN-C radionavigation system technology. (Sec. 408) California Cruise Industry Revitalization Act - Amends the Johnson Act to exclude certain voyages from prohibitions against manufacturing, repairing, selling, or possessing gambling devices. (Sec. 409) Revises or adds provisions regarding: (1) vessel financing; (2) availability of extrajudicial remedies for default on preferred mortgage liens on vessels; (3) implementation of water pollution laws with respect to vegetable oil; (4) limited double hull exemptions; and (5) oil spill response vessels. (Sec. 410) Expresses the sense of the Congress that all equipment and products purchased with funds made available under this Act should be American-made. Title V: Coast Guard Regulatory Reform - Coast Guard Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations which establish a safety management system for specified persons and vessels, including: (1) a safety and environmental protection policy; (2) instructions and procedures to ensure safe operation of those vessels and protection of the environment in compliance with international and U.S. law; (3) defined levels of authority and lines of communications between and among personnel on shore and on the vessel; and (4) procedures for reporting accidents and nonconformities with this title, preparing for and responding to emergency situations, and internal audits and management reviews of the system. Requires regulations prescribed to be consistent with the International Safety Management Code with respect to vessels engaged on a foreign voyage. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) implementation of the safety management system; and (2) certification and enforcement. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the methods that may be used to implement and enforce the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of ships and for Pollution Prevention under the Annex to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974. (Sec. 503) Authorizes the Secretary to rely, as evidence of compliance with this title, on reports, documents, and records of other persons and on other methods determined by the Secretary to be reliable. (Sec. 504) Revises provisions regarding: (1) equipment approval; (2) frequency of inspection; (3) certificates of inspection; and (4) delegation of authority of the Secretary to classification societies. Title VI: Documentation of Vessels - Authorizes a coastwise endorsement to be issued for a vessel that: (1) is less than 200 gross tons; (2) is eligible for documentation; (3) was built in the United States; and (4) was sold foreign in whole or in part, or placed under foreign registry. (Sec. 602) Authorizes the Secretary to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for two vessels (both named Gallant Lady), subject to specified limitations on operation and conditions. (Sec. 603) Extends the deadline for conversion of the vessel M-V Twin Drill. (Sec. 604) Authorizes the Secretary to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsements for employment in the coastwise trade, Great Lakes trade, and the fisheries for the vessel Rainbow's End. Title VII: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to various laws, including the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radio-telephone Act, the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, the Merchant Marine Acts of 1920 and 1956, the Maritime Education and Training Act of 1980, and title 46 (shipping) of the U.S. Code. Title VIII: Coast Guard Auxiliary Amendments - Revises provisions regarding the Coast Guard Auxiliary to direct the Auxiliary, for command, control, and administrative purposes, to include such organizational elements and units as approved by the Commandant, including a national board and staff. Grants the Auxiliary organization and its officers such rights, privileges, powers, and duties as may be granted to them by the Commandant, consistent with this title and applicable law. Deems each organizational element or unit as an instrumentality of the United States for purposes of various listed statutes, with exceptions. Permits the national board, and any Auxiliary district or region, to form a corporation under State law in accordance with policies established by the Commandant. (Sec. 802) Revises or adds provisions regarding: (1) the purpose of the Auxiliary; (2) members and status of the Auxiliary; (3) assignment and performance of duties; (4) cooperation with other agencies, States, territories, and political subdivisions; (5) vessels deemed public vessels; (6) aircraft deemed public aircraft; and (7) disposal of certain material.

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