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 120 STAT. 2514

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

Sec. 3503. Applicability to certain Maritime Administration vessels of limitations on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of vessels in foreign shipyards. Sec. 3504. Vessel transfer authority. Sec. 3505. United States Merchant Marine Academy graduates: service requirements. Sec. 3506. United States Merchant Marine Academy graduates: service obligation performance reporting requirement. Sec. 3507. Temporary authority to transfer obsolete combatant vessels to Navy for disposal. Sec. 3508. Qualifying Reserve duty for receipt of student incentive payments. Sec. 3509. Large passenger ship crew requirements. Sec. 3510. Miscellaneous Maritime Administration provisions. SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007.

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2007, to be available without fiscal year limitation if so provided in appropriations Acts, for the use of the Department of Transportation for the Maritime Administration as follows: (1) For expenses necessary for operations and training activities, $116,442,000. (2) For paying reimbursement under section 3517 of the Maritime Security Act of 2003 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note), $19,500,000. (3) For assistance to small shipyards and maritime communities under section 3506 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (46 U.S.C. App. 1249), $15,000,000. (4) For expenses to dispose of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, including provision of assistance under section 7 of Public Law 92–402, $25,740,000. (5) For administrative expenses related to the implementation of the loan guarantee program under title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1271 et seq.), administrative expenses related implementation of the reimbursement program under section 3517 of the Maritime Security Act of 2003 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note), and administrative expenses related to the implementation of the small shipyards and maritime communities assistance program under section 3506 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (46 U.S.C. App. 1249), $3,317,000. SEC. 3502. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE MARITIME SECURITY FLEET PROGRAM.

(a) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF OPERATING AGREEMENTS.— Section 53105(e) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ before the first sentence; (2) by moving paragraph (1) (as designated by the amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection) so as to appear immediately below the heading for such subsection, and 2 ems to the right; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Defense may not approve under paragraph (1) transfer of an operating agreement to a person that is not a citizen of the United States under section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. App. 802), unless the Secretary of Defense determines that there is no person who is a citizen under such section and is interested

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