[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1496 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1496

 To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the delegation by 
the United States of inspection, certification, and related services to 
 a foreign classification society that provides comparable services to 
    Iran, North Korea, North Sudan, or Syria and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2011

Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Begich) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit the delegation by 
the United States of inspection, certification, and related services to 
 a foreign classification society that provides comparable services to 
    Iran, North Korea, North Sudan, or Syria and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ethical Shipping Inspections Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DELEGATION OF INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND 
              RELATED SERVICES.

    Section 3316 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) The Secretary may not make a delegation, and shall revoke an 
existing delegation made, to a foreign classification society pursuant 
to subsection (b) or (d) to provide inspection, certification, or 
related services if the Secretary of State determines that the foreign 
classification society provides comparable services--
            ``(1) in Iran, North Korea, North Sudan, or Syria; or
            ``(2) for the government of Iran, North Korea, North Sudan, 
        or Syria.''.
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