Sec. 11517. OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS

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## SEC. 11517 OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS ###

(a)Report Required Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary, 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 detailing the total number of vessels known or estimated to operate or to have operated under section 50503 of title 46, United States Code, during each of the past 10 fiscal years. ###

(b)Contents The report required under subsection

(a)shall include the following elements: ####

(1)The total number of foreign-flagged vessels known or estimated to operate or to have operated as oceanographic research vessels (as such term is defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) during each of the past 10 fiscal years. ####

(2)The total number of United States-flagged vessels known or estimated to operate or to have operated as oceanographic research vessels (as such term is defined section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) during each of the past 10 fiscal years.