LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE.

SEC. 319. LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE. The Coast Guard is authorized to provide personnel support for the interim vessel traffic information service in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach operated on behalf of the State of California by the Marine Exchange of Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors, Inc., a California nonprofit corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Marine Exchange”). The Coast Guard shall be reimbursed for all costs associated with providing such personnel in accordance with a reimbursable agreement between the Coast Guard and the State of California. Amounts received by the Coast Guard as reimbursements for its costs shall be credited to the appropriation for operating expenses of the Coast Guard. The United States Government assumes no liability for any act or omission of any officer, director, employee, or representative of the Marine Exchange or of the State of California, arising out of the operation of the vessel traffic information service by the Marine Exchange, and the Coast Guard shall have the same protections and limitations on such liability as are afforded to the Marine Exchange under California law.