116 STAT. 2106 PUBLIC LAW 107-295—NOV. 25, 2002 Subtitle D—Miscellaneous SEC. 341. PATROL CRAFT. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may accept, by direct transfer without cost, for use by the Coast Guard primarily for expanded drug interdiction activities required to meet national supply reduction performance goals, up to 7 PC-170 patrol craft from the Department of Defense if it offers to transfer such craft. SEC. 342. BOATING SAFETY. (a) GENERAL STATE REVENUE DEFINITION. —For fiscal year 2003, the term "general State revenue" in section 13102(a)(3) of title 46, United States Code, includes any amounts expended for the State's recreational boating safety program by a State agency, a public corporation established under State law, or any other State instrumentality, as determined by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. (b) FUNDING. — For fiscal year 2003, the amount available for recreational boating safety under section 4(b)(3) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)(3)), is $83,000,000. SEC. 343. CARIBBEAN SUPPORT TENDER. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Coast Guard is authorized to operate and maintain a Caribbean Support Tender (or similar type vessel) to provide technical assistance, including law enforcement training, for foreign coast guards, navies, and other maritime services. (b) MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE.—(1) The Commandant may provide medical and dental care to foreign military Caribbean Support Tender personnel and their dependents accompanying them in the United States— (A) on an outpatient basis without cost; and (B) on an inpatient basis if the United States is reimbursed for the costs of providing such care. Payments received as reimbursement for the provision of such care shall be credited to the appropriations against which the charges were made for the provision of such care. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), the Commandant may provide inpatient medical and dental care in the United States without cost to foreign military Caribbean Support Tender personnel and their dependents accompanying them in the United States if comparable care is made available to a comparable number of United States military personnel in that foreign country. SEC. 344. PROHIBITION OF NEW MARITIME USER FEES. Section 2110(k) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking "2001" and inserting "2006". 14 USC 92 note. SEC. 345. GREAT LAKES LIGHTHOUSES. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds the following: (1) The Great Lakes are home to more than 400 lighthouses. One hundred and twenty of these maritime landmarks are in the State of Michigan. (2) Lighthouses are an important part of Great Lakes culture and stand as a testament to the importance of shipping in the region's political, economic, and social history.
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