118 STAT. 1041 PUBLIC LAW 108–293—AUG. 9, 2004 to members of the armed forces, with reimbursement, in Coast Guard and military child development centers supported in whole or in part with appropriated funds. For purposes of military child development centers operated under the authority of subchapter II of chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code, the child of a member of the Coast Guard shall be considered the same as the child of a member of any of the other armed forces. SEC. 226. TREATMENT OF PROPERTY OWNED BY AUXILIARY UNITS AND DEDICATED SOLELY FOR AUXILIARY USE. Section 821 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), personal property of the auxiliary shall not be considered property of the United States. ‘‘(2) The Secretary may treat personal property of the auxiliary as property of the United States— ‘‘(A) for the purposes of— ‘‘(i) the statutes and matters referred to in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (b); and ‘‘(ii) section 641 of this title; and ‘‘(B) as otherwise provided in this chapter. ‘‘(3) The Secretary may reimburse the Auxiliary, and each organizational element and unit of the Auxiliary, for necessary expenses of operation, maintenance, and repair or replacement of personal property of the Auxiliary. ‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘personal property of the Auxil iary’ means motor boats, yachts, aircraft, radio stations, motorized vehicles, trailers, or other equipment that is under the administra tive jurisdiction of the Coast Guard Auxiliary or an organizational element or unit of the Auxiliary and that is used solely for the purposes described in this subsection.’’. TITLE III—NAVIGATION SEC. 301. MARKING OF UNDERWATER WRECKS. Section 15 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1152; 33 U.S.C. 409) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘day and a lighted lantern’’ in the second sentence inserting ‘‘day and, unless otherwise granted a waiver by the Commandant of the Coast Guard, a light’’; and (2) by adding at the end ‘‘The Commandant of the Coast Guard may waive the requirement to mark a wrecked vessel, raft, or other craft with a light at night if the Commandant determines that placing a light would be impractical and granting such a waiver would not create an undue hazard to navigation.’’. SEC. 302. USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. Section 4(a) of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1223(a)) is amended by— (1)(A) striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (4); (B) striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) adding at the end the following:
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