MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF RULES OF ROAD ADVISORY COUNCIL AND EXTENSION OF TOWING SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SEC. 105. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF RULES OF ROAD ADVISORY COUNCIL AND EXTENSION OF TOWING SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) Rules of the Road Advisory Council.— (1) Modification and extension.—Section 5 of the Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980 (33 U.S.C. 2073) is amended as follows: 103 STAT. 1910 (A) Subsection (a) is amended by striking “Rules of the Road Advisory Council” and inserting “Navigation Safety Advisory Council”. (B) Subsection (b) is amended to read as follows: “(b) The Council shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters relating to the prevention of collisions, rammings, and groundings, including the Inland Rules of the Road, the International Rules of the Road, navigation regulations and equipment, routing measures, marine information, diving safety, and aids to navigation systems. Any advice or recommendation made by the Council to the Secretary shall reflect the independent judgment of the Council on the matter concerned. The Council shall meet at the call of the Secretary, but in any event not less than twice during each calendar year. All proceedings of the Council shall be public, and a record of the proceedings shall be made available for public inspection.”. (C) Subsection (d) is amended by striking “September 30, 1990” and inserting “September 30, 1995”. (2) References.—Each reference to the Rules of the Road Advisory Council in a law, regulation, order, document, record, or paper of the United States is deemed to be a reference to the Navigation Safety Advisory Council. (b) Towing Safety Committee.—Subsection (e) of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Towing Safety Advisory Committee in the Department of Transportation”, approved October 6, 1980 (33 U.S.C. 2131a(e)), is amended by striking “September 30, 1990” and inserting “September 30, 1995”.