; and (2) are— (A) employees or contractors of the Administration required to hold a valid merchant mariner credential as a condition of employment; or (B) crew of a vessel that, at the time of such act or offense, was operating under a contract with the Administration. . 6. Definitions Section 3552 is amended to read as follows: 3552. Definitions In this subtitle: (1) Administration The term Administration means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2) Covered personnel The term covered personnel means an individual who works with or conducts business on behalf of the Administration and includes— (A) observers, at-sea monitors, and catch monitors required by the National Marine Fisheries Service to operate on or in commercial fishing vessels, other privately owned vessels, barges, or platforms, and shoreside processing facilities for— (i) commercial fisheries observation required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ); (ii) protected species or endangered species observation required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ) or the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1351 et seq. ); or (iii) platform removal observation; and (B) voting members and executive and administrative staff of regional fishery management councils established by section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852 ). (3) Sexual assault The term sexual assault has the meaning given the term in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ( 42 U.S.C. 13925(a) ). . 7. Conforming and clerical amendments (a) Conforming amendments Subtitle C of title XXXV ( 33 U.S.C. 894 et seq. ) is amended— (1) by striking individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Administration each place it appears and inserting covered personnel