SAFETY MANAGEMENT.

SEC. 610. SAFETY MANAGEMENT.(a) Vessels to Which Requirements Apply.—Section 3202 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (a) by striking the heading and inserting “Foreign Voyages and Foreign Vessels.—”;(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively;(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:“(b) Other Passenger Vessels.—This chapter applies to a vessel that is—“(1) a passenger vessel or small passenger vessel; and“(2) is transporting more passengers than a number prescribed by the Secretary based on the number of individuals on the vessel that could be killed or injured in a marine casualty.”;(4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsection (c)”; and(5) in subsection (d)(4), as so redesignated, by inserting “that is not described in subsection (b) of this section” after “waters”.(b) Safety Management System.—Section 3203 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(c) In prescribing regulations for passenger vessels and small passenger vessels, the Secretary shall consider—“(1) the characteristics, methods of operation, and nature of the service of these vessels; and“(2) with respect to vessels that are ferries, the sizes of the ferry systems within which the vessels operate.”.