Top Summary
This bill amends section 3316(d) of title 46, United States Code, to modify the conditions under which the Secretary of Transportation can delegate classification society authority to the American Bureau of Shipping or another entity, specifying that such delegation is only permissible if the foreign government either delegates the authority to the American Bureau of Shipping or does not delegate it to any classification society. Additionally, it clarifies that nothing in this subsection authorizes the Secretary to delegate such authority to a classification society from the People’s Republic of China.
Original Bill Text:
SEC. 346.Classification societies.
Section 3316(d) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by amending paragraph (2)(B)(i) to read as follows:
“(i) the government of the foreign country in which the foreign society is headquartered—
“(I) delegates that authority to the American Bureau of Shipping; or
“(II) does not delegate that authority to any classification society; or”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(5) CLARIFICATION ON AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this subsection authorizes the Secretary to make a delegation under paragraph (2) to a classification society from the People’s Republic of China.”.