AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109–241.

SEC. 3525. AMENDMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC LAW 109–241.(a) Amendments.—Title 46, United States Code, is amended as follows:(1) Section 12111 is amended by adding at the end the following:“(d) Activities Involving Mobile Offshore Drilling Units.—“(1) In general.—Only a vessel for which a certificate of documentation with a registry endorsement is issued may engage in—“(A) the setting, relocation, or recovery of the anchors or other mooring equipment of a mobile offshore drilling unit that is located over the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a))); or“(B) the transportation of merchandise or personnel to or from a point in the United States from or to a mobile offshore drilling unit located over the outer Continental Shelf that is not attached to the seabed.“(2) Coastwise trade not authorized.—Nothing in paragraph (1) authorizes the employment in the coastwise trade of a vessel that does not meet the requirements of section 12112 of this title.”.(2) Section 12139(a) is amended by striking “and charterers” and inserting “charterers, and mortgagees”.(3) Section 51307 is amended—(A) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (2);(B) by striking “organizations.” in paragraph (3) and inserting “organizations; and”; and(C) by adding at the end the following:122 STAT. 601 “(4) on any other vessel considered by the Secretary to be necessary or appropriate or in the national interest.”.(4) Section 55105(b)(3) is amended by striking “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” and inserting “Secretary of Homeland Security”.(5) Section 70306(a) is amended by striking “Not later than February 28 of each year, the Secretary shall submit a report” and inserting “The Secretary shall submit an annual report”.(6) Section 70502(d)(2) is amended to read as follows:“(2) Response to claim of registry.—The response of a foreign nation to a claim of registry under paragraph (1)(A) or (C) may be made by radio, telephone, or similar oral or electronic means, and is proved conclusively by certification of the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s designee.”.(b) Repeal of Superseded Amendments.—Sections 303, 307, 308, 310, 901(q), and 902(o) of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–241) are repealed.