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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2406 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 |
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| 6 | 6 | | to address sexual harassment and sexual assault involving National Oce- |
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| 7 | 7 | | anic and Atmospheric Administration personnel, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ONAMICI(for herself, Ms. SALAZAR, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the |
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| 12 | 12 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal |
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| 15 | 15 | | Year 2017 to address sexual harassment and sexual as- |
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| 16 | 16 | | sault involving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ministration personnel, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Oceanic and 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and As-5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | sault Prevention Improvements Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the ref-4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | erence shall be considered to be made to a provision of 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | subtitle C of title XXXV of the National Defense Author-6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (33 U.S.C. 894 et seq.). 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 3. POLICY ON PREVENTION OF AND RESPONSE TO 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SEXUAL HARASSMENT INVOLVING NATIONAL 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRA-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | TION PERSONNEL. 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Section 3541(f) (33 U.S.C. 894(f)) is amended— 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘and equal employment’’ after 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘sexual harassment’’ in each place it appears; and 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) in paragraph (2)— 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respec-17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tively; and 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the following: 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(C) Relevant data, including— 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(i) a synopsis of each case and the 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | disciplinary action taken, if any, with re-23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | spect to each such case; and 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(ii) data collected pursuant to the 25 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Notification and Federal Employee Anti-26 |
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| 56 | 56 | | discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (5 U.S.C. 2301 note).’’. 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEX-3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | UAL ASSAULT, AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Section 3548 (33 U.S.C. 894e) is amended— 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (1) by striking the section heading and insert-6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ing the ‘‘ |
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| 63 | 63 | | ANNUAL REPORT ON SEXUAL HARASS -7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | MENT, SEXUAL ASSAULT , AND EQUAL EMPLOY -8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | MENT IN NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOS -9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | PHERIC ADMINISTRATION ’’. 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the sexual as-11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | saults involving’’ and inserting ‘‘sexual harassment 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | and sexual assault cases involving, and the equal 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | employment of,’’; 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (3) in subsection (b)— 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as-16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | saults’’ and inserting ‘‘harassment and sexual 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | assault cases’’; 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, in-19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | cluding a synopsis of each sexual harassment 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | and equal employment case and the disciplinary 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | action taken, if any, with respect to each such 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | case’’ before the period at the end; and 23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(5) A summary of the number of change of 1 |
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| 85 | 85 | | station, unit transfer, and change of work location 2 |
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| 86 | 86 | | requests submitted to the Secretary of Commerce, 3 |
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| 87 | 87 | | acting through the Under Secretary for Oceans and 4 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Atmosphere, under subsection (a) of section 3544, 5 |
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| 89 | 89 | | including the number of such requests the Secretary 6 |
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| 90 | 90 | | denied under that subsection. 7 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(6) A summary of the number of cases re-8 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ported to the Commandant of the Coast Guard 9 |
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| 93 | 93 | | under section 3550. 10 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘(7) The number of alleged sexual harassment 11 |
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| 95 | 95 | | and sexual assault cases involving fisheries observ-12 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ers, protected species observers, and endangered spe-13 |
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| 97 | 97 | | cies observers, including— 14 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(A) a synopsis of each case and the sta-15 |
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| 99 | 99 | | tus of each such case; 16 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(B) the disposition of any investigation; 17 |
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| 101 | 101 | | and 18 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(C) a description of the fishery manage-19 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ment region and fishery or the geographic re-20 |
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| 104 | 104 | | gion and type of permitted operation in which 21 |
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| 105 | 105 | | the incident of sexual harassment or sexual as-22 |
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| 106 | 106 | | sault is alleged to have occurred, as appro-23 |
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| 107 | 107 | | priate.’’; and 24 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘assault’’ and 1 |
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| 112 | 112 | | inserting ‘‘harassment or sexual assault case’’. 2 |
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| 113 | 113 | | SEC. 5. INVESTIGATION AND CRIMINAL REFERRAL RE-3 |
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| 114 | 114 | | QUIREMENTS. 4 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (a) T |
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| 116 | 116 | | ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—Sections 3548 and 5 |
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| 117 | 117 | | 3549 (33 U.S.C. 894e and 894f) are redesignated as sec-6 |
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| 118 | 118 | | tions 3551 and 3552, respectively. 7 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (b) C |
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| 120 | 120 | | RIMINALREFERRAL.—Section 3547 (33 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 121 | 121 | | 894d–2) is amended— 9 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (1) by striking ‘‘pursuant to’’ and inserting ‘‘at 10 |
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| 123 | 123 | | the onset or during the course of’’; and 11 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (2) by inserting ‘‘and, with respect to a licensed 12 |
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| 125 | 125 | | mariner, the Commandant of the Coast Guard’’ 13 |
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| 126 | 126 | | after ‘‘United States Attorney’’. 14 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (c) I |
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| 128 | 128 | | NGENERAL.—Subtitle C of title XXXV (33 15 |
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| 129 | 129 | | U.S.C. 894 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 16 |
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| 130 | 130 | | 3547 (33 U.S.C. 894d–2) the following: 17 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘SEC. 3548. EXCEPTIONS REGARDING ANONYMITY OF VIC-18 |
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| 132 | 132 | | TIMS IN CERTAIN CASES. 19 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 134 | 134 | | NGENERAL.—In any case in which an em-20 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ployee of the Administration, member of the commissioned 21 |
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| 136 | 136 | | officer corps of the Administration, or covered personnel 22 |
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| 137 | 137 | | elects restricted or unrestricted reporting under section 23 |
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| 138 | 138 | | 3541(b)(3)(B) or 3542(b)(5)(B), disclosure to the fol-24 |
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| 139 | 139 | | lowing persons or organizations of the personally identi-25 |
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| 143 | 143 | | fying information of such individual is authorized for the 1 |
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| 144 | 144 | | following reasons: 2 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ‘‘(1) To Administration staff or law enforce-3 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ment personnel, if authorized by the victim in writ-4 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ing. 5 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘(2) To Administration staff or law enforce-6 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ment personnel to prevent or lessen a serious or im-7 |
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| 150 | 150 | | minent threat to the health or safety of the victim 8 |
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| 151 | 151 | | or another person. 9 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ‘‘(3) To a victim advocate or healthcare pro-10 |
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| 153 | 153 | | vider, if required for the provision of victim services. 11 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(4) To a State or Federal court, if pursuant 12 |
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| 155 | 155 | | to a court order or if disclosure is required by Fed-13 |
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| 156 | 156 | | eral or State statute. 14 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘(b) N |
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| 158 | 158 | | OTICE OFDISCLOSURE; PRIVACYPROTEC-15 |
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| 159 | 159 | | TION.—If information described in subsection (a) is dis-16 |
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| 160 | 160 | | closed under that subsection, the Secretary shall— 17 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(1) make reasonable attempts to provide no-18 |
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| 162 | 162 | | tice to the individual the information of whom is so 19 |
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| 163 | 163 | | disclosed; and 20 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘(2) take such action as is necessary to protect 21 |
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| 165 | 165 | | the privacy and safety of the individual. 22 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘SEC. 3549. RESTRICTED REPORTING UPDATE. 23 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ‘‘Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact-24 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-25 |
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| 172 | 172 | | tration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Im-1 |
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| 173 | 173 | | provements Act of 2025, the Secretary of Commerce, act-2 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ing through the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmos-3 |
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| 175 | 175 | | phere, shall update the policies developed under sections 4 |
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| 176 | 176 | | 3541 and 3542 with respect to the mechanism established 5 |
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| 177 | 177 | | under subsections (b)(3)(B) and (b)(5)(B) of those sec-6 |
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| 178 | 178 | | tions, respectively, such that each such mechanism pro-7 |
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| 179 | 179 | | vides for a restricted reporting system that allows an em-8 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ployee of the Administration, member of the commissioned 9 |
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| 181 | 181 | | officer corps of the Administration, or covered personnel 10 |
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| 182 | 182 | | who alleges to have been sexually harassed or sexually as-11 |
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| 183 | 183 | | saulted to confidentially disclose the details of such sexual 12 |
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| 184 | 184 | | harassment or sexual assault to specified individuals and 13 |
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| 185 | 185 | | receive the services outlined in this subtitle— 14 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(1) without the dissemination of the personally 15 |
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| 187 | 187 | | identifying information of such individual, except as 16 |
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| 188 | 188 | | necessary for the provision of such services and as 17 |
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| 189 | 189 | | provided by section 3548(a); and 18 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(2) without automatically triggering an inves-19 |
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| 191 | 191 | | tigative process. 20 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘SEC. 3550. MARINER REPORTING. 21 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ‘‘(a) M |
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| 194 | 194 | | ANDATORYREPORTING BYRESPONSIBLEEN-22 |
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| 195 | 195 | | TITY OF AVESSEL.— 23 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(1) U |
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| 197 | 197 | | NRESTRICTED REPORTS .—The respon-24 |
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| 198 | 198 | | sible entity of a vessel shall report to the Com-25 |
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| 202 | 202 | | mandant of the Coast Guard any incident of sexual 1 |
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| 203 | 203 | | harassment or sexual assault in violation of employer 2 |
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| 204 | 204 | | policy or law, of which the responsible entity of a 3 |
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| 205 | 205 | | vessel is made aware, involving— 4 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(A) an employee or contractor of the Ad-5 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ministration who is required to hold a valid 6 |
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| 208 | 208 | | merchant mariner credential as a condition of 7 |
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| 209 | 209 | | employment; or 8 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(B) a crewmember of a vessel that, at the 9 |
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| 211 | 211 | | time of such incident, was operating under a 10 |
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| 212 | 212 | | contract with the Administration. 11 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 214 | 214 | | ESTRICTED REPORTS .—Paragraph (1) 12 |
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| 215 | 215 | | does not apply with respect to an incident of sexual 13 |
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| 216 | 216 | | harassment or sexual assault reported on a re-14 |
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| 217 | 217 | | stricted basis pursuant to the mechanisms estab-15 |
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| 218 | 218 | | lished for such reporting under sections 16 |
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| 219 | 219 | | 3541(b)(3)(B) and 3542(b)(5)(B), respectively. 17 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘(b) R |
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| 221 | 221 | | EPORTINGPROCEDURES.— 18 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 223 | 223 | | N GENERAL.— 19 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ‘‘(A) T |
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| 225 | 225 | | IMING OF REPORTING.—The respon-20 |
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| 226 | 226 | | sible entity of a vessel shall make a report re-21 |
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| 227 | 227 | | quired under subsection (a)(1) as soon as the 22 |
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| 228 | 228 | | responsible entity of a vessel is made aware of 23 |
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| 229 | 229 | | the incident of sexual harassment or sexual as-24 |
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| 230 | 230 | | sault that is the subject of the report. 25 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘(B) MODE OF REPORTING .—The respon-1 |
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| 235 | 235 | | sible entity of a vessel shall make a report re-2 |
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| 236 | 236 | | quired under subsection (a)(1) to a single entity 3 |
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| 237 | 237 | | in the Coast Guard designated by the Com-4 |
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| 238 | 238 | | mandant of the Coast Guard to receive such re-5 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ports by the fastest telecommunication channel 6 |
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| 240 | 240 | | available to the responsible entity of a vessel. 7 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 242 | 242 | | ONTENTS OF REPORT .—Each report 8 |
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| 243 | 243 | | made under this section shall include, to the best of 9 |
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| 244 | 244 | | the knowledge of the responsible entity of a vessel— 10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ‘‘(A) the name, Coast Guard merchant 11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | mariner credential reference number, if applica-12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ble, official position or role in relation to the 13 |
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| 248 | 248 | | vessel, and contact information of each indi-14 |
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| 249 | 249 | | vidual involved in the incident of sexual harass-15 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ment or sexual assault that is the subject of the 16 |
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| 251 | 251 | | report; 17 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ‘‘(B) the name and official number of the 18 |
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| 253 | 253 | | vessel; 19 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(C) the time and date of the incident of 20 |
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| 255 | 255 | | sexual harassment or sexual assault; 21 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ‘‘(D) the geographic position or location of 22 |
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| 257 | 257 | | the vessel when the incident of sexual harass-23 |
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| 263 | 263 | | alleged sexual harassment or sexual assault 2 |
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| 264 | 264 | | being reported. 3 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 268 | 268 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com-5 |
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| 269 | 269 | | merce, acting through the Under Secretary for 6 |
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| 270 | 270 | | Oceans and Atmosphere, shall notify the Director of 7 |
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| 271 | 271 | | the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations of 8 |
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| 272 | 272 | | each report of an incident of sexual harassment or 9 |
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| 273 | 273 | | sexual assault received by the Secretary. 10 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ‘‘(2) N |
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| 275 | 275 | | OTIFICATION CONTENTS.—Each notifica-11 |
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| 276 | 276 | | tion under paragraph (1) shall include, to the best 12 |
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| 277 | 277 | | of the knowledge of the Secretary of Commerce, act-13 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ing through the Under Secretary for Oceans and At-14 |
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| 279 | 279 | | mosphere— 15 |
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| 280 | 280 | | ‘‘(A) with respect to an unrestricted report 16 |
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| 281 | 281 | | submitted pursuant to section 3541(b)(3)(B) or 17 |
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| 282 | 282 | | 3542(b)(5)(B), the information required under 18 |
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| 283 | 283 | | subsection (b)(2) of this section; and 19 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ‘‘(B) with respect to a restricted report 20 |
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| 285 | 285 | | submitted pursuant to section 3541(b)(3)(B) or 21 |
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| 286 | 286 | | 3542(b)(5)(B), the information required under 22 |
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| 287 | 287 | | subsection (b)(2) of this section that does not 23 |
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| 292 | 292 | | the individual that submitted the restricted re-1 |
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| 294 | 294 | | SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 3 |
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| 295 | 295 | | Section 3552, as redesignated by section 5(a) of this 4 |
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| 296 | 296 | | Act, is amended to read as follows: 5 |
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| 297 | 297 | | ‘‘SEC. 3552. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ‘‘In this subtitle: 7 |
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| 299 | 299 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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| 300 | 300 | | DMINISTRATION.—The term ‘Administra-8 |
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| 301 | 301 | | tion’ means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 9 |
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| 302 | 302 | | Administration. 10 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 304 | 304 | | OVERED PERSONNEL .— 11 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 306 | 306 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 12 |
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| 307 | 307 | | personnel’ means an individual who works with 13 |
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| 308 | 308 | | or conducts business on behalf of the Adminis-14 |
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| 309 | 309 | | tration. 15 |
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| 311 | 311 | | NCLUSION.—The term ‘covered per-16 |
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| 312 | 312 | | sonnel’ includes— 17 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ‘‘(i) observers, at-sea monitors, and 18 |
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| 314 | 314 | | catch monitors required by the National 19 |
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| 315 | 315 | | Marine Fisheries Service to operate on or 20 |
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| 316 | 316 | | in commercial fishing vessels, other pri-21 |
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| 317 | 317 | | vately owned vessels, barges, or platforms, 22 |
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| 318 | 318 | | and shoreside processing facilities for— 23 |
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| 319 | 319 | | ‘‘(I) commercial fisheries obser-24 |
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| 324 | 324 | | vens Fishery Conservation and Man-1 |
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| 325 | 325 | | agement Act (13 U.S.C. 1801 et 2 |
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| 326 | 326 | | seq.); 3 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ‘‘(II) protected species or endan-4 |
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| 328 | 328 | | gered species observation required by 5 |
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| 329 | 329 | | the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 6 |
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| 330 | 330 | | 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) or the 7 |
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| 331 | 331 | | Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 8 |
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| 332 | 332 | | U.S.C. 1351 et seq.); or 9 |
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| 333 | 333 | | ‘‘(III) platform removal observa-10 |
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| 334 | 334 | | tion; and 11 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ‘‘(ii) voting members and executive 12 |
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| 336 | 336 | | and administrative staff of each Regional 13 |
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| 337 | 337 | | Fishery Management Council established 14 |
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| 338 | 338 | | by section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens 15 |
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| 339 | 339 | | Fishery Conservation and Management Act 16 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (16 U.S.C. 1852). 17 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 342 | 342 | | ESPONSIBLE ENTITY OF A VESSEL .—The 18 |
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| 343 | 343 | | term ‘responsible entity of a vessel’ means the Direc-19 |
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| 344 | 344 | | tor of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, 20 |
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| 345 | 345 | | with respect to each vessel owned or operated by the 21 |
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| 346 | 346 | | Administration. 22 |
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| 347 | 347 | | ‘‘(4) S |
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| 348 | 348 | | EXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as-23 |
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| 349 | 349 | | sault’ has the meaning given the term in section 24 |
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| 353 | 353 | | 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1 |
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| 354 | 354 | | 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13925 (a)).’’. 2 |
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| 355 | 355 | | SEC. 7. CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 3 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (a) C |
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| 357 | 357 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Subtitle C of title 4 |
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| 358 | 358 | | XXXV (33 U.S.C. 894 et seq.) is amended— 5 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (1) by striking ‘‘individuals who work with or 6 |
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| 360 | 360 | | conduct business on behalf of the Administration’’ 7 |
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| 361 | 361 | | each place it appears and inserting ‘‘covered per-8 |
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| 362 | 362 | | sonnel’’; and 9 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (2) by striking ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmos-10 |
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| 364 | 364 | | pheric’’ each place it appears, except— 11 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (A) when it appears as ‘‘National Oceanic 12 |
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| 366 | 366 | | and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Har-13 |
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| 367 | 367 | | assment and Assault Prevention Improvements 14 |
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| 368 | 368 | | Act of 2025’’; 15 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (B) in section 3551, in the section head-16 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ing; and 17 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (C) in section 3552(1). 18 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (b) C |
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| 373 | 373 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—Each of the tables of 19 |
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| 374 | 374 | | contents in section 2(b) and at the beginning of title 20 |
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| 375 | 375 | | XXXV are amended by striking the items relating to sec-21 |
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| 376 | 376 | | tions 3548 and 3549 and inserting the following: 22 |
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| 377 | 377 | | ‘‘Sec. 3548. Exceptions regarding anonymity of victims in certain cases. |
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| 378 | 378 | | ‘‘Sec. 3549. Restricted reporting update. |
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| 379 | 379 | | ‘‘Sec. 3550. Mariner referral. |
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| 380 | 380 | | ‘‘Sec. 3551. Annual report on sexual harassment, sexual assault, and equal em- |
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| 381 | 381 | | ployment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- |
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| 382 | 382 | | tration. |
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| 383 | 383 | | ‘‘Sec. 3552. Definitions.’’. |
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| 387 | 387 | | SEC. 8. PROHIBITED ACTS. 1 |
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| 388 | 388 | | Section 307(1)(L) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 2 |
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| 389 | 389 | | Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 390 | 390 | | 1857(1)(L)) is amended— 4 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (1) by striking ‘‘forcibly’’; and 5 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (2) by striking ‘‘on a vessel’’. 6 |
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| 393 | 393 | | SEC. 9. PROHIBITION ON SERVICE IN COMMISSIONED OFFI-7 |
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| 394 | 394 | | CER CORPS OF NATIONAL OCEANIC AND AT-8 |
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| 395 | 395 | | MOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION BY INDIVID-9 |
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| 396 | 396 | | UALS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN SEXUAL OF-10 |
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| 397 | 397 | | FENSES. 11 |
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| 398 | 398 | | Section 261(a) of the National Oceanic and Atmos-12 |
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| 399 | 399 | | pheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 13 |
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| 400 | 400 | | 2002 (33 U.S.C. 3071(a)) is amended— 14 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (1) by redesignating paragraph (26) as para-15 |
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| 402 | 402 | | graph (27); and 16 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (25) the fol-17 |
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| 404 | 404 | | lowing: 18 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ‘‘(26) Section 657, relating to prohibition on 19 |
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| 406 | 406 | | service by individuals convicted of certain sexual of-20 |
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| 407 | 407 | | fenses.’’. 21 |
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