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 PUBLIC LAW 107-295—NOV. 25, 2002 116 STAT. 2103 such a percentage is a number less than one, in which case the board may recommend one officer for such placement. No officer may be recommended to be placed at the top of the list of selectees unless he or she receives the recommendation of at least a majority of the members of a board composed of five members, or at least two-thirds of the members of a board composed of more than five members. "(2) The Secretary shall conduct a survey of the Coast Guard officer corps to determine if implementation of this subsection will improve Coast Guard officer retention. A selection board may not make any recommendation under this subsection before the date on which the Secretary publishes a finding, based upon the results of the survey, that implementation of this subsection will improve Coast Guard officer retention. "(3) The Secretary shall submit any finding made by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (2) to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate."; (2) in section 260(a), by inserting "and the names of those officers recommended to be advanced to the top of the list of selectees established by the Secretary under section 271(a) of this title" after "promotion"; and (3) in section 271(a), by inserting at the end the following: "The names of all officers approved by the President and recommended by the board to be placed at the top of the list of selectees shall be placed at the top of the list of selectees in the order of seniority on the active duty promotion list.". Subtitle B—Marine Safety SEC. 321. EXTENSION OF TERRITORIAL SEA FOR VESSEL BRIDGE-TO- BRIDGE RADIOTELEPHONE ACT. Section 4(b) of the Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone Act (33 U.S.C. 1203(b)), is amended by striking "United States inside the lines established pursuant to section 2 of the Act of February 19, 1895 (28 Stat. 672), as amended." and inserting "United States, which includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.". SEC. 322. MODIFICATION OF VARIOUS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) TERMINATION OF OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND ANNUAL 26 USC 9509 REPORT. —The report regarding the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund noterequired by the Conference Report (House Report 101-892) accompanying the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991, as that requirement was amended by section 1122 of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-66), shall no longer be submitted to the Congress. (b) PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 31 USC 1113 Section 3003(a)(1) of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset note. Act of 1995 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note) does not apply to any report required to be submitted under any of the following provisions of law:

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