[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1452 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1452

 To amend the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 to 
   direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide certain data 
           related to water quality, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2023

Mr. Garamendi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 to 
   direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide certain data 
           related to water quality, 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. INFORMATION ON TYPE APPROVAL CERTIFICATES.

    (a) In General.--Title IX of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-282) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 904. INFORMATION ON TYPE APPROVAL CERTIFICATES.

    ``The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall, upon request by any 
State, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States, 
provide all data possessed by the Coast Guard pertaining to challenge 
water quality characteristics, challenge water biological organism 
concentrations, post-treatment water quality characteristics, and post-
treatment biological organism concentrations data for a ballast water 
management system with a type approval certificate approved by the 
Coast Guard pursuant to subpart 162.060 of title 46, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or successor Federal regulations).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Frank 
LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-282) is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 903 the 
following:

``904. Information on type approval certificates.''.
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