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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 · Sec. 3517

Sec. 3517. MARITIME WORKFORCE WORKING GROUP

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## SEC. 3517 MARITIME WORKFORCE WORKING GROUP ###
(a)In General Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Administrator, in consultation with the Coast Guard Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee and the Committee on the Marine Transportation System, shall convene a working group to examine and assess the size of the pool of United States citizen mariners necessary to support the United States flag fleet in times of national emergency. ###
(b)Membership The Maritime Administrator shall designate individuals to serve as members of the working group convened under subsection (a). The working group shall include, at a minimum, at least 1 representative from each of— ####
(1)the Maritime Administration, who shall serve as chairperson of the working group; ####
(2)the United States Merchant Marine Academy; ####
(3)the Coast Guard; ####
(4)the Military Sealift Command; ####
(5)the Navy; ####
(6)the State maritime academies; ####
(7)a nonprofit labor organization representing a class of licensed employees who are employed on vessels operating in the United States flag fleet; ####
(8)a nonprofit labor organization representing a class of unlicensed employees who are employed on vessels operating in the United States flag fleet; ####
(9)the pool of owners of vessels operating in the United States flag fleet, or their private contracting parties, that are primarily operating in coastwise trades; and ####
(10)the pool of owners of vessels operating in the United States flag fleet, or their private contracting parties, that are primarily operating in international transportation. ###
(c)No Quorum Requirement The Maritime Administrator may convene the working group virtually and without all members present. ###
(d)Responsibilities The working group shall— ####
(1)identify the number of United States citizen mariners— #####
(A)in total; #####
(B)that have a valid Coast Guard merchant mariner credential with the necessary endorsements for service on unlimited tonnage vessels that are subject to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended; #####
(C)that are involved in Federal programs that support the United States merchant marine and the United States flag fleet; #####
(D)that are available to crew the United States flag fleet and the surge sealift fleet in times of a national emergency; #####
(E)that are full-time mariners; #####
(F)that have sailed in the prior 18 months; #####
(G)that are primarily operating in noncontiguous or coastwise trades; and #####
(H)that are merchant mariner credentialed officers in the United States Navy Reserve; ####
(2)assess the impact on the United States merchant marine and United States Merchant Marine Academy if graduates from State maritime academies and the United States Merchant Marine Academy were assigned to, or required to fulfill, certain maritime positions based on the overall needs of the United States merchant marine; ####
(3)assess the Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Licensing and Documentation System and its accessibility and value to the Maritime Administration for the purposes of evaluating the pool of United States citizen mariners; and ####
(4)make recommendations to enhance the availability and quality of interagency data, including data from the United States Transportation Command, the Coast Guard, the Navy, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, for use by the Maritime Administration for evaluating the pool of United States citizen mariners. ###
(e)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that contains the results of the study conducted under this section, including— ####
(1)the number of United States citizen mariners identified for each category described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(H)of subsection (d)(1); ####
(2)the results of the assessments conducted under paragraphs
(2)and
(3)of subsection (d); and ####
(3)the recommendations made under subsection (d)(4). ###
(f)Inclusion of Merchant Marine-credentialed Officers in the Navy Reserve For the purposes of this section, the term “United States citizen mariners” includes, but is not limited to, officers in the United States Navy Reserve who are holders of merchant mariner credentials, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. ###
(g)Sunset The Maritime Administrator may disband the working group upon submission of the report under subsection (e).
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