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kind: "diff"
citation: "S. 524"
bill: "119-s-524"
heading: "Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025"
from: "is"
from_label: "Introduced in Senate"
to: "es"
to_label: "Engrossed in Senate"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/119/s/524/changes/es"
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# S. 524 — what changed

S. 524, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 — 1 section amended between Introduced in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 305 Investment of Exxon Valdez oil spill court recovery in high yield investments and marine research

- Section 350 of Public Law 106–113 (43 U.S.C. 1474b note) is amended—
- (1) by striking paragraph (5);
- (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), and (7) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively, and indenting the subsections appropriately;
- (3) in paragraph (1)—
  - (A) by striking “(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the provisions of paragraphs (5) and (7)” and inserting the following:
    - “(a) Definitions—In this section:
    - “(1) Consent decree—The term “Consent Decree” means the consent decree issued in United States v. Exxon Corporation, et al. (No. <del>A91–082 </del><ins>A91-082 </ins>CIV) and State of Alaska v. Exxon Corporation, et al. (No. A91–083 CIV).
    - “(2) Fund—The term “Fund” means the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund established pursuant to title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (43 U.S.C. 1474b).
    - “(3) Outside account—The term “outside account” means any account outside the United States Treasury.
    - “(4) Trustee—The term “Trustee” means a Federal or State natural resource trustee for the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
    - “(b) Deposits
    - “(1) In general—Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to subsection (g)”
- (4) in subsection (b)(1) (as so designated)—
  - (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking “issued in United States v. Exxon Corporation, et al. (No. <del>A91-082 </del><ins>A91–082 </ins>CIV) and State of Alaska v. Exxon Corporation, et al. (No. <del>A91-083 </del><ins>A91–083 </ins>CIV) (hereafter referred to as the “Consent Decree”),”;
  - (B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:
    - “(A) the Fund;
    - “(B) an outside account; or”
  - (C) in the undesignated matter following subparagraph (C)—
    - (i) by striking “the Federal and State natural resource trustees for the Exxon Valdez oil spill (“trustees”)” and inserting “the Trustees”; and
    - (ii) by striking “Any funds” and inserting the following:
      - “(2) Requirement for deposits in outside accounts—Any funds”
- (5) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) by striking “(c) Joint” and inserting the following:
  - “(c) Transfers—Any joint”
- (6) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) by striking “(d) The transfer” and inserting the following:
  - “(d) No effect on jurisdiction—The transfer”
- (7) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))—
  - (A) by striking “(e) Nothing herein shall affect” and inserting the following:
    - “(e) Effect on other law—Nothing in this section affects”
  - (B) by striking “trustees” and inserting “Trustees”;
- (8) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))—
  - (A) by striking “(f) The Federal trustees and the State trustees” and inserting the following:
    - “(f) Grants—The Trustees”
  - (B) by striking “this program” and inserting “this section, prioritizing the issuance of grants to facilitate habitat protection and habitat restoration programs”; and
- (9) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))—
  - (A) in the second sentence, by striking “Upon the expiration of the authorities granted in this section all” and inserting the following:
    - “(2) Return of funds—On expiration of the authority provided in this section, all”
  - (B) by striking “(g) The authority” and inserting the following:
    - “(g) Expiration
    - “(1) In general—The authority”