Sec. 4508. Deadline for compliance with alternate safety compliance program
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Section 4503(d) of title 46, United States Code, is redesignated as section 4503a and transferred to appear after section 4503 of such title. Section 4503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and
(g)as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; in subsection (b), by striking subsection
(d)and inserting section 4503a ; in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii)(I), by striking subsection
(e)and inserting subsection
(d); in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii)(II), by striking subsection
(f)and inserting subsection
(e); in subsection (e)(1), as amended by paragraph
(1)of this subsection, by striking subsection
(e)each place it appears and inserting subsection
(d); and in subsection (e)(2), as amended by paragraph
(1)of this subsection, by striking subsection
(e)each place it appears and inserting subsection
(d); Section 4503a of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated and transferred by subsection
(a)of this section, is amended— by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and
(5)as subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively; by inserting before subsection (a), as so redesignated, the following: ; in subsection (a), as redesignated by paragraph
(1)of this subsection, by striking After January 1, 2020, and all that follows through the Secretary, if and inserting Subject to subsection (c), beginning on the date that is 3 years after the date that the Secretary prescribes an alternate safety compliance program, a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel to which section 4502(b) of this title applies shall comply with such an alternate safety compliance program, if ; in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C)as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by striking establishes standards for an alternate safety compliance program, shall comply with such an alternative safety compliance program that is developed in cooperation with the commercial fishing industry and prescribed by the Secretary and inserting prescribes an alternate safety compliance program under subsection (a), shall comply with such an alternate safety compliance program ; by amending subsection (c), as so redesignated, to read as follows: For purposes of subsection (a), a separate alternate safety compliance program may be developed for a specific region or specific fishery. ; in subsection (d), as so redesignated— by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting subsection
(a); and by striking that paragraph each place it appears and inserting that subsection ; in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by— inserting is not eligible to participate in an alternative safety compliance program prescribed under subsection
(a)and after July 1, 2012 ; and redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as paragraphs
(1)and (2), respectively; by adding at the end the following: For the purposes of this section, the term built has the meaning given that term in section 4503(f). . The analysis at the beginning of chapter 45 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4503 the following 4503a. Alternate safety compliance program. . Section 3104 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking section 4503(e) and inserting section 4503(d) . Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue a final rule implementing the requirements enumerated in section 4503(d) of title 46, as amended by subsection (b)(1) of this section. Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the status of the development of the alternate safety compliance program directed by section 4503a of title 46, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (c). The report required under paragraph
(1)shall include discussion of— steps taken in the rulemaking process to establish the alternate safety compliance program; communication and collaboration between the Coast Guard, the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and the commercial fishing vessel industry regarding the development of the alternate safety compliance program; consideration given to developing alternate safety compliance programs for specific regions and fisheries, as authorized in section 4503a(c) of such title, as redesignated by subsection (c); any identified legislative changes necessary to implement an effective alternate safety compliance program; and the timeline and planned actions that will be taken to implement regulations necessary to fully establish an alternate safety compliance program before January 1, 2020.