Sec. 324. Risk-based examination of tank vessels
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Section 3714 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(1), by striking The Secretary and inserting Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary ; by redesignating subsection
(c)as subsection (d); and by inserting after subsection
(b)the following: With respect to examinations of foreign-flagged vessels to which this chapter applies, the Secretary may adopt a risk-based examination schedule to which such vessels shall be examined and the frequency with which the examinations occur. The Secretary may not adopt a risk-based examination schedule under paragraph
(1)until the Secretary has— received and reviewed the study by the National Academies required under section 8254(b) of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ); conducted the assessment recommended in the report of the Government Accountability Office submitted under section 8254(a) of such Act; concluded through such assessment that a risk-based examination schedule provides not less than the level of safety provided by the annual examinations required under subsection (a)(1); and provided the results of such assessment to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. .
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