46 USC 2116 - Marine safety strategy, goals, and performance assessments

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of title 14.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 93 of title 14, referred to in subsec. (span)(1)(D), was redesignated section 504 of title 14 by Puspan. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(span), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200, and references to section 93 of title 14 deemed to refer to such redesignated section, see section 123(span)(1) of Puspan. L. 115–282, set out as a References to Sections of Title 14 as Redesignated by Puspan. L. 115–282 note preceding section 101 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

The date of the enactment of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020, referred to in subsec. (c), is the date of enactment of div. G of Puspan. L. 116–283, which was approved Jan. 1, 2021.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(1), substituted “The 5-year strategy shall include the issuance of a plan” for “The strategy shall include the issuance of a triennial plan” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(2)(A), substituted “5-Year Strategy and Plan” for “Contents of Strategy and Triennial Plans” in span.

Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(2)(B), substituted “5-year strategy and plan” for “strategy and triennial plans” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(2)(C)(i), substituted “5-year strategy and plan” for “strategy and triennial plans” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (span)(2)(A). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(2)(C)(ii), substituted “plan” for “plans”.

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(3), substituted “Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary” for “Beginning with fiscal year 2020 and triennially thereafter, the Secretary” and struck out “triennial” after “the strategy and”.

Subsec. (d)(1). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(4)(A), substituted “In conjunction with the submission of the 5-year strategy and plan” for “No less frequently than semiannually”.

Subsec. (d)(2). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(4)(B)(i), (ii), substituted “Periodic briefings” for “Report to congress” in span and “periodically brief the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives” for “report triennially to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (d)(2)(A). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(4)(B)(iii), struck out “annual” after “safety strategy and” and substituted “for the period covered by the briefing” for “for the year covered by the report”.

Subsec. (d)(2)(B)(ii). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8240(c)(4)(B)(iv), substituted “plan” for “plans”.

2018—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 115–265, § 214(1), substituted “of a triennial” for “each year of an annual” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 115–265, § 214(2), substituted “Triennial” for “Annual” in span and “triennial” for “annual” in introductory provisions of pars. (1) and (2).

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 115–265, § 214(3)(B), substituted “triennial plan” for “annual plan”.

Puspan. L. 115–265, § 214(3)(A), which directed substitution of “fiscal year 2020 and triennially” for “fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year”, was executed by substituting “Beginning with fiscal year 2020 and triennially thereafter, the” for “The”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the intervening amendment by Puspan. L. 115–232, § 3546(span). See below.

Puspan. L. 115–232, § 3546(span), substituted “The” for “Beginning with fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, the”.

Subsec. (d)(1). Puspan. L. 115–232, § 3541(span)(7), substituted “the Commandant shall assess” for “the Coast Guard Commandant shall assess”.

Subsec. (d)(2). Puspan. L. 115–265, § 214(4), substituted “triennially” for “annually” in introductory provisions.

2014—Subsec. (span)(1)(D). Puspan. L. 113–281, § 307(a), substituted “section 93(c) of title 14” for “section 93(c)”.

Subsec. (d)(2)(B). Puspan. L. 113–281, § 221(span)(1)(A), amended subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: “on the program’s mission performance in achieving numerical measurable goals established under subsection (span); and”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Domestic Vessel Compliance

Puspan. L. 115–265, title II, § 204, Oct. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 3745, provided that:

“(a)In General.—Not later than 60 days after the date on which the President submits to the Congress a budget each year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Commandant [of the Coast Guard] shall publish on a publicly accessible Website information documenting domestic vessel compliance with the requirements of subtitle II of title 46, United States Code.

“(span)Content.—The information required under subsection (a) shall—

“(1) include flag-State detention rates for each type of inspected vessel; and

“(2) identify any recognized organization that inspected or surveyed a vessel that was later subject to a Coast Guard-issued control action attributable to a major nonconformity that the recognized organization failed to identify in such inspection or survey.”

[For definition of “recognized organization” as used in section 204 of Puspan. L. 115–265, set out above, see section 203 of Puspan. L. 115–265, set out as a note under section 2101 of this title.]