Top Summary
This bill amends section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, to enhance fishing vessel and fisherman training safety by requiring safety and prevention training that addresses behavioral and physical health risks, including substance use disorder and worker fatigue. It revises consultation and funding criteria, specifying that grants be awarded on a competitive basis and in consultation with the Coast Guard Commandant, and increases funding to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
Original Bill Text:
SEC. 313.Fishing vessel and fisherman training safety.
Section 4502 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (i)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
“(B) to conduct safety and prevention training that addresses behavioral and physical health risks, to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue, facing fishing vessel operators and crewmembers; and”;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking “, in consultation with and based on criteria established by the Commandant of the Coast Guard”; and
(ii) by striking “subsection on a competitive basis” and inserting the following: “subsection—
“(A) on a competitive basis; and
“(B) based on criteria developed in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard”; and
(C) in paragraph (4) by striking “$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2023” and inserting “to the Secretary of Health and Human Services $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025, and 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029”; and
(2) in subsection (j)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting “, and understanding and mitigating behavioral and physical health risks, to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue, facing members of the commercial fishing industry” after “weather detection”;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking “, in consultation with and based on criteria established by the Commandant of the Coast Guard,”; and
(ii) by striking “subsection on a competitive basis” and inserting the following: “subsection—
“(A) on a competitive basis; and
“(B) based on criteria developed in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard”; and
(C) in paragraph (4) by striking “$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2023” and inserting “to the Secretary of Health and Human Services $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 , and 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029”.