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 118 STAT. 1033 PUBLIC LAW 108–293—AUG. 9, 2004 (b) EXTENSION TO MILITARY AIRCRAFT OF COAST GUARD INTER DICTION AUTHORITY.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and (2) in paragraph (2) by— (A) inserting ‘‘or military aircraft’’ after ‘‘surface naval vessel’’; and (B) striking ‘‘; or’’ and all that follows through para graph (3) and inserting a period. (c) REPEAL OF TERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY TO NAVAL AIR CRAFT.—Subsection (d) of such section is repealed. (d) REPORT.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall transmit a report annually to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives describing the location, vessels or aircraft, circumstances, and consequences of each incident in the 12 month period covered by the report in which the person in command or in charge of an authorized vessel or an authorized aircraft (as those terms are used in section 637 of title 14, United States Code) fired at or into a vessel without prior use of the warning signal as authorized by that section. (e) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.— (1) CORRECTION.—Section 637 of title 14, United States Code, is amended in the section heading by striking ‘‘immu nity’’ and inserting ‘‘indemnity’’. (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 637 and inserting the following: ‘‘637. Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel.’’. SEC. 206. ADMINISTRATIVE, COLLECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT COSTS FOR CERTAIN FEES AND CHARGES. Section 664 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (f); (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ‘‘(c) In addition to the collection of fees and charges established under this section, the Secretary may recover from the person liable for the fee or charge the costs of collecting delinquent pay ments of the fee or charge, and enforcement costs associated with delinquent payments of the fees and charges. ‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary may employ any Federal, State, or local agency or instrumentality, or any private enterprise or business, to collect a fee or charge established under this section. ‘‘(2) A private enterprise or business employed by the Secretary to collect fees or charges— ‘‘(A) shall be subject to reasonable terms and conditions agreed to by the Secretary and the enterprise or business; ‘‘(B) shall provide appropriate accounting to the Secretary; and ‘‘(C) may not institute litigation as part of that collection. ‘‘(e) The Secretary shall account for the agency’s costs of col lecting a fee or charge as a reimbursable expense, subject to the availability of appropriations, and the costs shall be credited to the account from which expended.’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: 14 USC 637 note.

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