TIMELY WEATHER FORECASTS AND HAZARD ADVISORIES FOR MERCHANT MARINERS.

SEC. 216. [46 U.S.C. 3201 note] TIMELY WEATHER FORECASTS AND HAZARD ADVISORIES FOR MERCHANT MARINERS. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall seek to enter into negotiations through the International Maritime Organization to amend the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea to require that vessels subject to the requirements of such Convention receive— (1) timely synoptic and graphical chart weather forecasts; and (2) where available, timely hazard advisories for merchant mariners, including broadcasts of tropical cyclone forecasts and advisories, intermediate public advisories, and tropical cyclone updates to mariners via appropriate technologies.