§51504 — Title 46 Shipping | U.S. Code

Summary

Governors of States that run or host State maritime academies can ask the Secretary of Transportation in writing to let their academy use a training ship. Any ship given stays United States Government property. The Secretary can give a suitable ship that he controls or that another agency provides, or build one if none is available. The academy must apply, meet the requirements of section 51506(a), and have a safe port for the ship. The Secretary must repair, outfit, and keep the ship in good condition. Another federal agency may give a ship to the Secretary if it is fit for training and won’t harm that agency’s work. If money is available, the Secretary must pay each academy’s fuel costs for training voyages, with limits of $100,000 for FY2006, $200,000 for FY2007, and $300,000 for FY2008 and each year after. Within 90 days after the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 became law, the Maritime Administrator must, after talking with the academies, set up a vessel-sharing program so schools share ships to meet training needs. That program must increase underway training, match cruise times to school calendars, coordinate onboard courses, look for cost savings, may get extra funding when ship capacity is limited, and be reviewed within 30 days after each fiscal year starts to improve use of the fleet.

Title 46, §51504

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(a)The Governor of a State sponsoring a State maritime academy (or the Governor of the State designated to conduct the affairs of a regional maritime academy) may apply in writing to the Secretary of Transportation to obtain the use of a training vessel for the academy. A vessel provided under this section remains the property of the United States Government.

(b)Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary may provide to a State maritime academy, for use as a training vessel, a suitable vessel under the control of the Secretary or made available to the Secretary under subsection (e). If a suitable vessel is not available, the Secretary may build and provide a suitable vessel.

(c)The Secretary may provide a vessel under this section only if—

(1)an application has been made under subsection (a);

(2)the State maritime academy satisfies section 51506(a) of this title; and

(3)a suitable port will be available for the safe mooring of the vessel while the academy is using the vessel.

(d)A vessel provided under this section shall be—

(1)repaired, reconditioned, and equipped (with all apparel, charts, books, and instruments of navigation) as necessary for use as a training vessel; and

(2)maintained in good repair by the Secretary.

(e)An agency may provide to the Secretary, for use by a State maritime academy, a vessel (including equipment) that—

(1)is suitable for training purposes; and

(2)can be provided without detriment to the service to which the vessel is assigned.

(f)(1)Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall pay to each State maritime academy the costs of fuel used by a vessel provided under this section while used for training.

(2)The amount of the payment to a State maritime academy under paragraph (1) may not exceed—

(A)$100,000 for fiscal year 2006;

(B)$200,000 for fiscal year 2007; and

(C)$300,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter.

(g)(1)Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, the Secretary, acting through the Maritime Administrator, shall upon consultation with the maritime academies, and to the extent feasible with the consent of the maritime academies, implement a program of training vessel sharing, requiring maritime academies to share training vessel 11 So in original. Probably should be “vessels”. provided by the Secretary among maritime academies, as necessary to ensure that training needs of each academy are met.

(2)For purposes of this subsection, a program of vessel sharing shall include—

(A)ways to maximize the available underway training available in the fleet of training vessels;

(B)coordinating the dates and duration of training cruises with the academic calendars of maritime academies;

(C)coordinating academic programs designed to be implemented aboard training vessels among maritime academies; and

(D)identifying ways to minimize costs.

(3)Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Maritime Administrator may provide additional funding to State maritime academies during periods of limited training vessel capacity, for costs associated with training vessel sharing.

(4)Not later than 30 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, the Secretary, acting through the Maritime Administrator, shall evaluate the vessel sharing program under this subsection to determine the optimal utilization of State maritime training vessels, and modify the program as necessary to improve utilization.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 51504(a)46 App.:1295c(c)(1) (A)(ii), (v).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1304(c)(1), (2), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2003. 51504(b)46 App.:1295c(c)(1) (A) (1st sentence words before “meeting the requirements”). 51504(c)(1)46 App.:1295c(c)(1) (A)(ii). 51504(c)(2)46 App.:1295c(c)(1) (A) (1st sentence words beginning with “meeting the requirements”). 51504(c)(3)46 App.:1295c(c)(1) (A)(iii). 51504(d)(1)46 App.:1295c(c)(1) (A)(i). 51504(d)(2)46 App.:1295c(c)(1) (A)(iv). 51504(e)46 App.:1295c(c)(1) (B). 51504(f)46 App.:1295c(c)(2). 51504(g)46 App.:1295c note.Pub. L. 101–115, § 4, Oct. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 692; Pub. L. 101–595, title VII, § 705, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2994. In subsection (a), the reference to territories is omitted as unnecessary because of the definition of “State” in chapter 1 of the revised title. In subsection (e), before paragraph (1), the word “agency” is substituted for “department or agency of the United States” because of the definition of “agency” in chapter 1 of the revised title. In subsection (g), the 1st–3d sentences of section 4 of Public Law 101–115 are omitted as obsolete.

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The date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–232, which was approved Aug. 13, 2018.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–232 amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (g) related to removing vessels from service and vessel sharing. 2008—Pub. L. 110–181, § 3523(b), repealed Pub. L. 109–163, § 3502(b). See 2006 Amendment note below. Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–181, § 3523(a)(2), incorporated the substance of the amendment by Pub. L. 109–163, § 3502(b), by amending heading and text of subsec. (f) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary may pay to a State maritime academy the costs of fuel used by a vessel provided under this section while used for training.” See 2006 Amendment note below and section 18(a) of Pub. L. 109–304, set out as a Legislative Purpose and

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note preceding section 101 of this title. 2006—Pub. L. 109–163, § 3502(b), which directed the amendment of section 1295c(c)(2) of the former Appendix to this title from which subsec. (f) of this section was derived, was repealed by Pub. L. 110–181, § 3523(b). See 2008 Amendment note for subsec. (f) and

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§51504 Use of Training Vessels

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