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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 5991 (Introduced in House) — To require the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to make certa... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Oceanographic research vessels

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In enforcing chapter 551 of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary may not determine that a vessel engaging in commercial research activities to directly support the exploration for, or development, production, transportation, or transmission of, resources, including non-mineral energy resources, from a planning or leasing area designated by the Secretary of the Interior under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ) is not engaged in trade or commerce under such chapter.
Section 50503 of title 46, United States Code is amended by inserting , except that any vessel engaging in commercial research activities to directly support the exploration for, or development, production, transportation, or transmission of, resources, including non-mineral energy resources, from a planning or leasing area designated by the Secretary of the Interior under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( after 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ) may be determined to be engaged in trade or commerce under this section trade or commerce .
The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall deny any request from a foreign vessel to be designated as an oceanographic research vessel for any such vessel engaging in commercial research activities to directly support the exploration for, or development, production, transportation, or transmission of, resources, including non-mineral energy resources, from a planning or leasing area designated by the Secretary of the Interior under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ).
The Secretary shall revoke or modify, as appropriate, the following headquarters ruling letters: HQ H216579 (May 15, 2012). HQ H205655 (March 20, 2012). HQ 112830 (August 12, 1993). HQ 110364 (September 29, 1989). The Secretary shall revoke or modify, as appropriate, any treatments, including ruling letters, accorded by the Secretary to transactions that are substantially identical to the transactions described in the ruling letters listed in paragraph (1).
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