Sec. 7514. 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: Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 , the Secretary, acting through the Maritime Administrator, shall upon consultation with the maritime academies, and to the extent feasible with the consent of the maritime academies, implement a program of training vessel capacity sharing, requiring maritime academies to share training vessel capacity provided by the Secretary among maritime academies, as necessary to ensure that training needs of each academy are met.
For purposes of this subsection, a program of vessel capacity sharing shall include— ways to maximize the available underway training capacity available in the fleet of training vessels; coordinating the dates and duration of training cruises with the academic calendars of maritime academies; coordinating academic programs designed to be implemented aboard training vessels among maritime academies; and identifying ways to minimize costs. Not later than 30 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, the Secretary, acting through the Maritime Administrator, shall evaluate the vessel capacity sharing program under this subsection to determine the optimal utilization of State maritime training vessels, and modify the program as necessary to improve utilization. .