Sec. 503. IMO POLAR CODE NEGOTIATIONS
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## SEC. 503 IMO POLAR CODE NEGOTIATIONS Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter with the submission of the budget proposal submitted for each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 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— ####
(1)the status of the negotiations at the International Maritime Organization regarding the establishment of a draft international code of safety for ships operating in polar waters, popularly known as the Polar Code, and any amendments proposed by such a code to be made to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships; ####
(2)the coming into effect of such a code and such amendments for nations that are parties to those conventions; ####
(3)impacts, for coastal communities located in the Arctic (as that term is defined in the section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111)) of such a code or such amendments, on— #####
(A)the costs of delivering fuel and freight; and #####
(B)the safety of maritime transportation; and ####
(4)actions the Secretary must take to implement the requirements of such a code and such amendments.
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