12106(f)(3)(A)(iii) of title 46, United States Code, for a vessel if the person that owns the vessel (or, if the vessel is owned by a trust or similar arrangement, the beneficiary of the trust or similar arrangement) notifies the Secretary that circumstances beyond the direct control of such person or its affiliates prevent, or reasonably threaten to prevent, such person from satisfying such requirement, and the Secretary does not, with good cause, determine otherwise. Applicability.The waiver or reduction shall apply during the period of time that such circumstances exist.
(e)Deadline.
46 USC 12106 note. Regulations.—No later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall prescribe final regulations to carry out this section, including amendments made by this section to section 12106 of title 46, United States Code.
SEC. 609. CORRECTION OF REFERENCES TO NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.
Title 46, United States Code, is amended—
- (1) in section 7302—
- (A) by striking “section 206(b)(7) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note)” and inserting “30305(b)(5) of title 49”; and
- (B) by striking “section 205(a)(3)(A) or (B) of that Act” and inserting “30304(a)(3)(A) or (B) of title 49”;
- (2) in section 7702(d)(1)(B)(iii) by striking “section 205(a)(3)(A) or (B) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982” and inserting “section 30304(a)(3)(A) or (B) of title 49”; and
- (3) in section 7703(3) by striking “section 205(a)(3)(A) or (B) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982” and inserting “section 30304(a)(3)(A) or (B) of title 49”.
33 USC 59kk.SEC. 610. WATEREE RIVER.
For purposes of bridge administration, the portion of the Wateree River in the State of South Carolina, from a point 100 feet upstream of the railroad bridge located at approximately mile marker 10.0 to a point 100 feet downstream of such bridge, is declared to not be navigable waters of the United States for purposes of the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525 et seq.).
46 USC 7302 note.SEC. 611. MERCHANT MARINERS’ DOCUMENTS PILOT PROGRAM.
The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may conduct a pilot program to demonstrate methods to improve processes and procedures for issuing merchant mariners’ documents.
SEC. 612. CONVEYANCE.
(a)Alaska. Authority To Convey.—
- (1) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall convey, by an appropriate means of conveyance, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to Sentinel Island, Alaska, to the entity to which the Sentinel Island Light Station is conveyed under section 308(b) of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470w–7(b)).
- (2) Identification of property.—The Secretary may identify, describe, and determine the property to be conveyed under this subsection.
