Sec. 3549. REPORT ON EFFECTIVE VESSEL QUIETING MEASURES

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## SEC. 3549 REPORT ON EFFECTIVE VESSEL QUIETING MEASURES ###

(a)In General Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, and make publicly available on an appropriate website of the Department of Transportation, a report that includes each of the following: ####

(1)An identification of technology-based controls and best management practices for reducing vessel-generated underwater noise. ####

(2)For each technology-based control or best management practice identified under paragraph (1), an evaluation of— #####

(A)the applicability of each control and practice to various vessel types; #####

(B)the technical feasibility and economic achievability of each control or practice; and #####

(C)the co-benefits and trade-offs of each control or practice. ####

(3)Such other matters as the Administrator determines appropriate. ###

(b)Committees In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and ####

(2)the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. ### DIVISION D FUNDING TABLES