Allied Partnership and Port Modernization Act

Section 55109 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by inserting or (c) after subsection (b);

(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

A vessel described in paragraph (2) may engage in dredging in the navigable waters of the United States.

A vessel described in this paragraph is a vessel—

(A) documented under the laws of a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

(B) built by a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or a major non-NATO ally (as defined in section 2350a(i) of title 10); and

(C) for which a majority of the owners and operators of the vessel are entities incorporated in a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Section 55110 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the section heading, by striking or dredged material and inserting (excluding dredged material); and

(2) by striking or dredged material and inserting (excluding dredged material).