SHIP SHARING.

SEC. 705. SHIP SHARING.Section 4 of the Act of October 13, 1989 (Public Law 101–115; 103 Stat. 692) is amended— 104 STAT. 2995 (1) by inserting “legislative” immediately after “sixty”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “The Secretary shall not take any vessel, currently in service as a State academy training vessel, out of service for the purpose of implementing any alternative program, including ship sharing, until or unless the vessel is incapable of being maintained in good repair as required under section 1304(c)(1)(A) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. The Secretary shall not implement any program requiring that any State academy share its training vessel with another State academy without having first received the express consent of Congress to do so.”.