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TITLE XIV SUNKEN MILITARY CRAFT
SEC. 1401. PRESERVATION OF TITLE TO SUNKEN MILITARY CRAFT AND ASSOCIATED
CONTENTS.
Right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any United
States sunken military craft
(1) shall not be extinguished except by an express
divestiture of title by the United States; and
(2) shall not be extinguished by the passage of
time, regardless of when the sunken military craft
sank.
SEC. 1402. PROHIBITIONS.
(a) UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AT
SUNKEN MILITARY CRAFT.No person shall engage in
or attempt to engage in any activity directed at a sunken
military craft that disturbs, removes, or injures any sunken
military craft, except
(1) as authorized by a permit under this title;
(2) as authorized by regulations issued under
this title; or
(3) as otherwise authorized law.
(b) POSSESSION OF SUNKEN MILITARY CRAFT.No
person may possess, disturb, remove, or injure any sunken
military craft in violation of
(1) this section; or
(2) any prohibition, rule, regulation, ordinance,
or permit that applies under any other applicable
law.
(c) LIMITATIONS ON APPLICATION.
(1) ACTIONS BY UNITED STATES.This section
shall not apply to actions taken by, or at the direction
of, the United States.
(2) FOREIGN PERSONS.This section shall not
apply to any action by a person who is not a citizen,
national, or resident alien of the United States, except
in accordance with
(A) generally recognized principles of
international law;
(B) an agreement between the United
States and the foreign country of which the
person is a citizen; or
(C) in the case of an individual who is a
crew member or other individual on a foreign
vessel or foreign aircraft, an agreement between
the United States and the flag of the foreign
vessel or aircraft that applies to the individual.
(3) LOAN OF SUNKEN MILITARY CRAFT.This
section does not prohibit the loan of United States
sunken military craft in accordance with regulations
issued by the Secretary concerned.
SEC. 1403. PERMITS.
(a) IN GENERAL.The Secretary concerned may issue a permit authorizing
a person to engage in an activity otherwise prohibited by section
1402 with respect to a United States sunken military craft, for
archaeological, historical, or educational purposes, in accordance
with regulations issued by such Secretary that implement this section.
(b) CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER LAWS.The Secretary concerned shall require
that any activity carried out under a permit issued by such Secretary
under this section must be consistent with all requirements and
restrictions that apply under any other provision of Federal law.
(c) CONSULTATION.In carrying out this section (including the issuance
after the date of the enactment of this Act of regulations implementing
this section), the Secretary concerned shall consult with the head of
each Federal agency having authority under law with respect to
activities directed at sunken military craft or the locations of such
craft.
(d) APPLICATION TO FOREIGN CRAFT.At the request of any foreign State,
the Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
may carry out this section (including regulations promulgated pursuant
to this section) with respect to any foreign sunken military craft of
that foreign State located in United States waters.
SEC. 1404. PENALTIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.Any person who violates this title, or any regulation
or permit issued under this title, shall be liable to the United
States for a civil penalty under this section.
(b) ASSESSMENT AND AMOUNT.The Secretary concerned may assess a civil
penalty under this section, after notice and an opportunity for a
hearing, of not more than $100,000 for each violation.
(c) CONTINUING VIOLATIONS.Each day of a continued violation of this
title or a regulation or permit issued under this title shall
constitute a separate violation for purposes of this section.
(d) IN REM LIABILITY.A vessel used to violate this title shall be
liable in rem for a penalty under this section such violation.
(e) OTHER RELIEF.If the Secretary concerned determines that there is
an imminent risk of disturbance of, removal of, or injury to any
sunken military craft, or that there has been actual disturbance of,
removal of, or injury to a sunken military craft, the Attorney
General, upon request of the Secretary concerned, may seek such relief
as may be necessary to abate such risk or actual disturbance, removal,
or injury and to return or restore the sunken military craft. The
district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction in such
a case to order such relief as the public interest and the equities
of the case may require.
(f) LIMITATIONS.An action to enforce a violation of section 1402 or
any regulation or permit issued under this title may not be brought
more than 8 years after the date on which
(1) all facts material to the right of action are known or
should have been known by the Secretary concerned; and
(2) the defendant is subject to the jurisdiction of the
appropriate district court of the United States or
administrative forum.
SEC. 1405. LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES.
(a) IN GENERAL.Any person who engages in an activity in violation of
section 1402 or any regulation or permit issued under this title that
disturbs, removes, or injures any United States sunken military craft
shall pay the United States enforcement costs and damages resulting
from such disturbance, removal, or injury.
(b) INCLUDED DAMAGES.Damages referred to in subsection (a) may include
(1) the reasonable costs incurred in storage, restoration,
care, maintenance, conservation, and curation of any sunken
military craft that is disturbed, removed, or injured in
violation of section 1402 or any regulation or permit issued
under this title; and
(2) the cost of retrieving, from the site where the sunken
military craft was disturbed, removed, or injured, any
information of an archaeological, historical, or cultural
nature.
SEC. 1406. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.
(a) IN GENERAL.Except to the extent that an activity is undertaken
as a subterfuge for activities prohibited by this title, nothing in
this title is intended to affect
(1) any activity that is not directed at a sunken
military craft; or
(2) the traditional high seas freedoms of navigation, including
(A) the laying of submarine cables and pipelines;
(B) operation of vessels;
(C) fishing; or
(D) other internationally lawful uses of the sea
related to such freedoms.
(b) INTERNATIONAL LAW.This title and any regulations implementing this
title shall be applied in accordance with generally recognized
principles of international law and in accordance with the treaties,
conventions, and other agreements to which the United States is a party.
(c) LAW OF FINDS.The law of finds shall not apply to
(1) any United States sunken military craft, wherever
located; or
(2) any foreign sunken military craft located in United
States waters.
(d) LAW OF SALVAGE.No salvage rights or awards shall be granted with
respect to
(1) any United States sunken military craft without the
express permission of the United States; or
(2) any foreign sunken military craft located in United
States waters without the express permission of the relevant
foreign state.
(e) LAW OF CAPTURE OR PRIZE.Nothing in this title is intended to alter
the international law of capture or prize with respect to sunken
military craft
(f) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.Nothing in sections 4281 through 4287 and
4289 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. App. 181 et seq.) or section 3
of the Act of February 13, 1893 (chapter 105; 27 Stat. 445; 46 U.S.C.
App. 192), shall limit the liability of any person under this section.
(g) AUTHORITIES OF THE COMMANDANT OF THE COAST GUARD.Nothing in this
title is intended to preclude or limit the application of any other
law enforcement authorities of the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
(h) PRIOR DELEGATIONS, AUTHORIZATIONS, AND RELATED REGULATIONS.Nothing
in this title shall invalidate any prior delegation, authorization, or
related regulation that is consistent with this title.
(i) CRIMINAL LAW.Nothing in this title is intended to prevent the
United States from pursuing criminal sanctions for plundering of
wrecks, larceny of Government property, or violation of any applicable
criminal law.
SEC. 1407. ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense is
encouraged to negotiate and conclude bilateral and multilateral
agreements with foreign countries with regard to sunken military craft
consistent with this title.
SEC. 1408. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) ASSOCIATED CONTENTS.The term "associated contents" means
(A) the equipment, cargo, and contents of a sunken
military craft that are within its debris field; and
(B) the remains and personal effects of the crew and
passengers of a sunken military craft that are within
its debris field.
(2) SECRETARY CONCERNED.The term "Secretary concerned" means
(A) subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of a
military department; and
(B) in the case of a Coast Guard vessel, the Secretary
of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating.
(3) SUNKEN MILITARY CRAFT.The term "sunken military craft"
means all or any portion of
(A) any sunken warship, naval auxiliary, or other
vessel that was owned operated by a government on
military noncommercial service when it sank;
(B) any sunken military aircraft or military spacecraft
that was owned or operated by a government when it
sank; and
(C) the associated contents of a craft referred to in
subparagraph (A) or (B),
if title thereto has not been abandoned or transferred by the
government concerned.
(4) UNITED STATES CONTIGUOUS ZONE.The term "United States
contiguous zone" means the contiguous zone of the United
States under Presidential Proclamation 7219, dated September
2, 1999.
(5) UNITED STATES INTERNAL WATERS.The term "United States
internal waters" means all waters of the United States on the
landward side of the baseline from which the breadth of the
United States territorial sea is measured.
(6) UNITED STATES TERRITORIAL SEA.The term "United States
territorial sea" means the waters of the United States
territorial sea under Presidential Proclamation 5928, dated
December 27, 1988
(7) UNITED STATES WATERS.The term "United States waters"
means United States internal waters, the United States
territorial sea, and the United States zone.