[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4081 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4081

 To direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
 operating to submit to the Congress a plan and cost estimate for the 
   engineering, design, and retrofitting of the icebreaker MACKINAW.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 1996

   Mr. Oberstar (for himself, Mr. Obey, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
 Visclosky, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Hoke, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
  Stupak, Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. Brown of Ohio) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
 operating to submit to the Congress a plan and cost estimate for the 
   engineering, design, and retrofitting of the icebreaker MACKINAW.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PLAN FOR THE ENGINEERING, DESIGN, AND RETROFITTING OF THE 
              ICEBREAKER MACKINAW.

    (a) In General.--Not later than May 1, 1997, the Secretary of the 
department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the 
Committees a plan and cost estimate for the engineering, design, and 
retrofitting of the icebreaker MACKINAW (WAGB-83) to equip the vessel 
with new engines, command and control features, habitability 
improvements, and other features needed to allow operation of the 
vessel by a significantly reduced crew, including 24-hour continuous 
operation when necessary.
    (b) Committees Defined.--In subsection (a), the term ``Committees'' 
means the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce of the Senate.
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