Sec. 311. Clarification of high-risk waters
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Section 55305(e) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking provide armed personnel aboard and inserting reimburse, subject to the availability of appropriations, the owners or operators of ; and by inserting for the cost of providing armed personnel aboard such vessels before if ; and by striking paragraphs
(2)and
(3)and inserting the following: In this subsection, the term high-risk waters means waters— so designated by the Commandant of the Coast Guard in the maritime security directive issued by the Commandant and in effect on the date on which an applicable voyage begins; and in which the Secretary of Transportation determines an act of piracy is likely to occur based on documented acts of piracy that occurred in such waters during the 12-month period preceding the date on which an applicable voyage begins. .