TRANSFER OF CERTAIN VESSELS.

SEC. 1014. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN VESSELS. (a) Transfers of Vessels To Be Used as Training Vessels.—The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer to the Department of Transportation the following vessels, to be assigned as training ships to Texas A&M University at Galveston, Texas, and to the Maine Maritime Academy at Castine, Maine, when those vessels are no longer required for use by the Navy: (1) The U.S.N.S. Chauvenet (T–AG–29). (2) The U.S.N.S. Harkness (T–AG–32). (b) Transfer of Vessel for Education and Environmental Purposes.—(1) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of section 7308 of title 10, United States Code, but subject to subsections (a) and (b) of that section, the Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary of Transportation (depending on which Secretary has jurisdiction over the vessel) may transfer the obsolete vessel Wahkiakum County (LST 1162) to the organization known as Ships for Youth and the Environment, a nonprofit corporation operating under the laws of the State of California, to be used for education and environmental purposes. (2) The Secretary making the transfer under paragraph (1) may require such terms and conditions in connection with the transfer as the Secretary considers appropriate.