MANNING REQUIREMENT.

SEC. 904. MANNING REQUIREMENT. Section 421 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–241; 120 Stat. 547) is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by striking “in the 48-month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act if,” and inserting “until the date of expiration of this section if,”;(2) in subsection (b), by striking “Subsection (a)(1)” and inserting “Subsection (a)”;(3) in subsection (d), by striking “48 months after the date of enactment of this Act.” and inserting “on December 31, 2012.”; and(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection (d) the following:“(e) Safety Inspections.—A vessel may not engage a foreign citizen to meet a manning requirement under this section unless it has an annual safety examination by an individual authorized to enforce part B of subtitle II of title 46, United States Code.”.124 STAT. 3012