PUBLIC LAW 107-295—NOV. 25, 2002 116 STAT. 2133 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 424 the following: "424a. Suspension of payment of retired pay of members who are absent from the United States to avoid prosecution.". SEC. 445. PROHIBITION ON NAVIGATION FEES. Section 4 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1884 (33 U.S.C. 5) is amended as follows: (1) The existing text is designated as subsection (a). (2) The following is added at the end: "(b) No taxes, tolls, operating charges, fees, or any other impositions whatever shall be levied upon or collected from any vessel or other water craft, or from its passengers or crew, by any non- Federal interest, if the vessel or water craft is operating on any navigable waters subject to the authority of the United States, or under the right to freedom of navigation on those waters, except for— "(1) fees charged under section 208 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2236); or "(2) reasonable fees charged on a fair and equitable basis that— "(A) are used solely to pay the cost of a service to the vessel or water craft; "(B) enhance the safety and efficiency of interstate and foreign commerce; and "(C) do not impose more than a small burden on interstate or foreign commerce.". TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR THE COAST GUARD SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003". SEC. 502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2003 for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard as follows: (1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, $4,327,456,000, of which $25,000,000 is authorized to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $725,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is authorized to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. (3) For research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly relating to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission in support of search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness, $22,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.
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