GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE ANNUAL RATEMAKING.

SEC. 302. GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE ANNUAL RATEMAKING. Section 9303 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (f) by inserting at the end the following: “The Secretary shall establish new pilotage rates by March 1 of each year. The Secretary shall establish base pilotage rates by a full ratemaking at least once every 5 years and shall conduct annual reviews of such base pilotage rates, and make adjustments to such base rates, in each intervening year.”; and(2) by adding at the end the following:“(g) The Secretary shall ensure that a sufficient number of individuals are assigned to carrying out subsection (f).”.