Sec. 3505. Use of State maritime academy training vessels
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Section 51504(g) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: The Secretary, acting through the Maritime Administrator and in consultation with the State maritime academies, implement a program under which State maritime academies shall share among such academies training vessel capacity provided by the Secretary as necessary to ensure that training needs for the purpose of training licensed mariners of each academy are met in periods of limited vessel capacity that could affect required licensed mariner training as determined by the Maritime Administrator.
The program shall include— ways to maximize the underway training capacity for licensed mariners available in the fleet of training vessels; coordinating the dates and duration of training cruises with the academic calendars of State maritime academies, and identifying ways to minimize costs associated with training voyages for both the Maritime Administration and the State maritime academies. Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Maritime Administrator may provide additional funding the State maritime academies during periods of limited training vessel capacity, for costs associated with training vessel sharing.
Not later than 30 days after the beginning of each fiscal year and as the Maritime Administrator determines necessary in the State maritime academy training year, the Secretary, acting through the Maritime Administrator, shall— evaluate the program under this subsection to determine the optimal utilization of State maritime academy training vessels for the purpose described in paragraph (1); and modify the program as necessary to improve such utilization. . The Secretary of Transportation shall begin implementing the program required by the amendment made by subsection
(a)by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.