An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to allow certain passenger vessels to be outfitted with Voyage Date Recorders (VDR's).

1. Inserts new text at the end of title IV

   Inserts

   Inserted: SEC. . VOYAGE DATA RECORDER REQUIREMENTS.

   Inserted: (a) Authority to Prescribe Regulations.--Chapter 35 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: Sec. 3507. Voyage data recorders

   Inserted: (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations that require that a passenger vessel described in section 2l0l(22)(D) carrying more than 399 passengers shall be equipped with a voyage data recorder approved in accordance with the regulations.

   Inserted: "(b) Regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall establish--

   Inserted: "(1) standards for voyage data recorders required under the regulations;

   Inserted: "(2) methods for approval of models of voyage data recorders under the regulations; and

   Inserted: "(3) procedures for annual performance testing of voyage data recorders required under the regulations.

   Inserted: "(c) To implement this section and regulations prescribed under this section there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $1,500,000 each fiscal year.".

   Inserted: (b) Deadline for Regulations.--The Secretary (as that term is used in chapter 35 of title 46, United States Code) shall initiate the prescribing of regulations under section 3507(a) of title 46, United States Code, as amended by this section, by not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 35 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "3507. Voyage data recorders.".

   Original wording

   At the end of title IV add the following:

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