CHARTERING TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUMENTALITIES.

SEC. 3513. CHARTERING TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUMENTALITIES. Section 11(b) of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744(b)), is amended—(1) by striking “or” after the semicolon in paragraph (3);(2) by striking “Defense.” in paragraph (4) and inserting “Defense; or”; and(3) by adding at the end thereof the following:“(5) on a reimbursable basis, for charter to the government of any State, locality, or Territory of the United States, except that the prior consent of the Secretary of Defense for such use shall be required with respect to any vessel in the Ready Reserve Force or in the National Defense Reserve Fleet which is maintained in a retention status for the Department of Defense.”.