INSPECTION OF GREAT LAKES BARGES.

SEC. 5208. INSPECTION OF GREAT LAKES BARGES. (a) Section 2101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (13) the following new paragraph: 106 STAT. 5076 “(13a) ‘Great Lakes barge’ means a non-self-propelled vessel of at least 3,500 gross tons operating on the Great Lakes.” (b) Section 3301 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(13) Great Lakes barges”. (c) For Great Lakes barges placed in operation after the date of enactment of this Act, the amendments made by this section take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. (d) (1) For Great Lakes barges in operation on the date of enactment of this Act, the amendments made by this section take effect one year after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) The Secretary of Transportation may impose reasonable interim requirements to assure safe operation of the barges affected by paragraph (1).