SHIPS AND VESSELS related term(s) Merchant Marine Industry

Amendments

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), H11640, H11673, H11680, H11681, H11682, H11683, H11684 [22OC], H11717, H11718, H11719, H11720, H11721 [23OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), consideration (H. Res. 853), H11629 [22OC]

Petroleum: require new vessels for carrying oil fuel to have double hulls (S. 685), S8282 [29JY]

Articles and editorials

Egmont Key, Florida, E105 [15JA]

Erring on the Side of Incaution, H9895 [23SE]

Lighting the Way—The Egmont Key Lighthouse, E105 [15JA]

Obama and the Politics of Concession—Iran and Russia Put Obama to the Test Last Week, and He Blinked Twice, H9896 [23SE]

Russia's Response to U.S. Missile Defense Shield Shift, S9526 [17SE]

U.S. To Shelve Nuclear-Missile Shield—Defense Plans for Poland, Czech Republic To Be Dropped as Iran Rocket Threat Downgraded; Moscow Likely To Welcome Move, S9526 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions

American Sail Training Association: tribute (see S. Res. 158), S5820 [21MY] (see H. Res. 197), H2874 [26FE]

Armed Forces: expand certain restrictions relative to the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards to vessels with a homeport in the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3352), H8872 [27JY]

Barry M. Goldwater (U.S.S.): designate a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (see H. Con. Res. 83), H4063 [26MR]

Cates, Clifton B.: encourage the Navy to name an appropriate ship in honor (see H. Res. 330), H4524 [2AP]

China: condemn actions that could unnecessarily escalate tensions with the U.S., including actions relative to the U.S.S. Impeccable and subsequent rejection of U.S. protests to the incident (see H. Con. Res. 72), H3401 [12MR]

Coast Guard: assist in the defense of U.S. mariners and vessels against piracy and ensure traditional right of self-defense of those vessels against piracy (see H.R. 2984), H7085 [19JN]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3619), H9806 [22SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), consideration (see H. Res. 853), H11580 [21OC]

———issue regulations that require certain pilots on vessels operating in designated waters to carry and utilize a portable electronic device equipped for navigational purposes (see H.R. 1100), H1606 [13FE]

———modernize leadership and the administration of marine safety (see H.R. 2650), H6074 [2JN]

———reauthorize (see S. 1194), S6186 [4JN]

———structure acquisition processes and policies (see H.R. 1665), H3748 [23MR]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 2859), S12804 [9DE] (see H.R. 860), H1042 [4FE]

Dept. of Defense: require study and report on feasibility and potential of establishing a deep water sea port in the Arctic to protect and advance strategic U.S. interests (see S. 2849), S12708 [8DE]

———transmit long-term shipbuilding plan to the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 477), H6013 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct pilot program to deploy mobile biometric identification equipment on maritime vessels for immigration enforcement (see H.R. 752), H778 [28JA] (see H.R. 1148), H2631 [24FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses (see S. 715), S3897 [26MR]

———modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (see S. 1378), S7070 [25JN] (see S. 1651), S9132 [8SE] (see H.R. 1280), H2924 [3MR] (see H.R. 3540), H9341 [8SE]

———provide preservation and interpretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in Massachusetts (see H.R. 4137), H13352 [19NO]

———subsidize sellers and buyers of fish directly delivered to American Samoa from vessels with U.S. fisheries endorsements that manufacture for the U.S. (see H.R. 3583), H9670 [16SE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a maritime career training loan program (see H.R. 2651), H6074 [2JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 663), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 23), H28 [6JA]

Equuleus (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 3112), H7705 [26JN]

Fish and fishing: authorize a single fisheries cooperative for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands longline catcher processor subsector (see S. 1609), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 3910), H11712 [22OC]

———establish uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties to enforce the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes (see S. 2870), S12909 [10DE]

———include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen in certain collective marketing associations (see S. 297), S786 [22JA] (see S. 477), S2473 [25FE]

———modify vessels eligible for a fishery endorsement (see S. 1124), S5819 [21MY]

———strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (see H.R. 1080), H1605 [13FE]

Geysir (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2671), H6075 [2JN]

Golden Venture (vessel): adjust status of certain aliens who were aboard the immigrant-smuggling ship (see H.R. 659), H486 [22JA]

Government regulations: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels (see S. 1820), S10635 [21OC] (see H.R. 3888), H11580 [21OC]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for the design, acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity (see S. 1024), S5371 [12MY] (see H.R. 1747), H4062 [26MR]

Gulf Diver IV (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2694), H6155 [3JN]

Hazardous substances: condemn and encourage prohibition on transport of nuclear mixed-oxide (MOX) material by ship in international waters and urge countries to reprocess such material within their own borders (see H. Res. 402), H5169 [5MY]

International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships: implementation (see H.R. 3618), H9806 [22SE]

International law: ensure traditional right of self-defense of U.S. mariners against acts of piracy (see H.R. 3376), H9054 [29JY]

Iran: negotiate an ``Incidents at Sea Agreement'' (see H. Con. Res. 94), H4523 [2AP]

Lake Texoma: exempt guides for hire and other operators of uninspected vessels from Coast Guard and other regulations (see S. 1205), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 2717), H6264 [4JN]

Law enforcement: improve maritime law enforcement (see H.R. 1440), H3337 [11MR]

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: improve compensation system (see S. 236), S388 [14JA]

Maersk Alabama (vessel): tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates (see H. Res. 339), H4581 [21AP]

———tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates and develop a strategy to address piracy (see S. Res. 108), S4574 [22AP]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: modify goals relative to incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals in commercial fishing operations (see H.R. 843), H921 [3FE]

Maritime Administration: permit qualified withdrawals from a Capital Construction Fund account for maintenance or repair of U.S.-flag vessels if such maintenance is performed in the U.S. (see H.R. 3370), H9054 [29JY]

———reauthorize (see S. 1308), S6845 [19JN]

MASON DE-529 (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp in commemoration of crew (see S. Con. Res. 33), S7779 [21JY] (see S. Con. Res. 34), S7869 [22JY]

Maya (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 1057), H1520 [12FE]

National Boating Day: observance (see S. Res. 199), S6888 [22JN] (see H. Res. 410), H5307 [6MY]

National Marina Day: designate (see S. Res. 215), S7639 [16JY]

National security: enhance safety of U.S. ports of entry (see H.R. 1655), H3705 [19MR]

———limit foreign control of investments in certain U.S. critical infrastructure (see H.R. 3196), H8099 [14JY]

Navy: tribute to official U.S. naval history museums (see H. Res. 984), H15502 [16DE]

———tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force (see H. Res. 773), H9961 [24SE]

———tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (see S. Con. Res. 10), S2910 [9MR] (see H. Con. Res. 129), H5891 [20MY]

New York, NY: tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 (see S. Res. 17), S652 [16JA] (see H. Res. 75), H442 [21JA] (see H. Res. 84), H526 [26JA]

New York LPD 21 (U.S.S.): commissioning (see H. Res. 856), H11712 [22OC]

Newport News (U.S.S): anniversary (see H. Res. 488), H6013 [21MY]

Oceans: authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineate U.S. extended continental shelf, and monitor coastal changes (see S. 1515), S8094 [24JY] (see H.R. 2864), H6743 [12JN]

———enhance readiness of the U.S. to deal with increased maritime and development activity in the Arctic due to climate change (see S. 1564), S8681 [3AU]

———ensure safe, secure, and reliable marine shipping in the Arctic including the availability of aids to navigation, vessel escorts, spill response capability, and maritime search and rescue (see S. 1514), S8094 [24JY] (see S. 1561), S8681 [3AU] (see H.R. 2865), H6743 [12JN]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (see S. 684), S3657 [24MR]

Petroleum: require new vessels for carrying oil fuel to have double hulls (see S. 685), S3658 [24MR]

Power resources: provide for a competitive program making grants to seaport governing bodies for the acquisition of fuel efficient and low emission equipment and systems at port facilities (see H.R. 3446), H9275 [31JY]

Prince William Sound: modify applicability of certain requirements to double hulled tankers transporting oil in bulk (see S. 1041), S5501 [14MY]

Safety: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (see S. 588), S3074 [12MR] (see H.R. 1485), H3400 [12MR] (see H.R. 3360), H8959 [28JY]

———improve (see H.R. 2652), H6074 [2JN]

Shipping industry: improve port and intermodal supply chain security (see S. 915), S4807 [28AP]

———improve port safety and security (see S. 1385), S7071 [25JN]

St. Louis (M.S.): anniversary of return to Europe after its Jewish refugee passengers were refused admittance to the U.S. (see S. Res. 111), S4670 [23AP]

Sultana (vessel): anniversary of boiler explosion disaster (see H. Res. 329), H4524 [2AP]

Tariff: metal marine sextants (see S. 2440), S10923 [29OC]

Taxation: exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see S. 551), S2909 [9MR] (see S. 1509), S8039 [23JY] (see H.R. 528), H324 [14JA] (see H.R. 638), H484 [22JA] (see H.R. 3486), H9277 [31JY]

———modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades (see S. 58), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 3049), H7445 [25JN]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (see S. 1610), S8993 [6AU]

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve: expand boundaries (see S. 380), S1542 [4FE] (see H.R. 905), H1044 [4FE]

Transportation: authorize and sanction programs for residential and commuter toll, user fee, and fare discounts by States, municipalities, other localities, as well as all related agencies and departments (see S. 2775), S11382 [16NO] (see H.R. 3960), H12044 [28OC]

———ensure that the prohibition on disclosure of maritime transportation security information is not used inappropriately to shield certain other information from public disclosure (see S. 1274), S6650 [16JN]

———promote secure ferry transportation (see S. 930), S4891 [29AP] (see H.R. 2172), H4998 [29AP]

Vietnamese Conflict: honor the service, courage, and sacrifice of the Seawolves of Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron Three (see H. Res. 188), H2835 [25FE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the messman and steward branches of Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (see H.R. 4063), H12971 [7NO]

Zipper (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 360), H91 [8JA]

Letters

Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act: Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H5425 [12MY]

———serveral maritime labor organizations, H5427 [12MY]

———William M. Matz, Jr., National Association for Uniformed Services, H5427, H5428 [12MY]

Clean Hull Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H13016 [17NO]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H13016 [17NO]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H13016 [17NO]

Coast Guard Acquisition Reform Act: Representative Bennie Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H8925 [28JY]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8925 [28JY]

Coast Guard appropriations: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H11637 [22OC]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H11637 [22OC]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H11637, H11638 [22OC]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H11638 [22OC]

Coral Reef Conservation Act reauthorization: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H9749 [22SE]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H9749 [22SE]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H9749 [22SE]

Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H13023 [17NO]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H13023 [17NO]

EPA application of regulations to reduce pollution from certain ships doing business on the Great Lakes: Arthur N. Marin, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (organization), S10905 [29OC]

———several health and clean air organizations, H12063 [29OC]

National Lighthouse Stewardship Act: Donald J. Terras, American Lighthouse Coordinating Committee, S3904 [26MR]

———Michigan Lighthouse Alliance, S3904 [26MR]

Navy unfunded programs: Gary Roughead, Dept. of the Navy, S8022 [23JY]

Lists

Douglas MacArthur quotes on the role of the U.S. merchant marine during World War II, H5424 [12MY]

Dwight D. Eisenhower quotes on the role of the U.S. merchant marine during World War II, H5423 [12MY]

Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes on the role of the U.S. merchant marine during World War II, H5423 [12MY]

Poems

``In That Moment'', E284 [13FE]

Remarks in House

Alabama (U.S.S.): tribute to former crew members, E2238 [10SE]

China: condemn actions that could unnecessarily escalate tensions with the U.S., including actions relative to the U.S.S. Impeccable and subsequent rejection of U.S. protests to the incident (H. Con. Res. 72), H3379 [12MR], H3450 [17MR], H4001 [25MR]

Coast Guard: assist in the defense of U.S. mariners and vessels against piracy and ensure traditional right of self-defense of those vessels against piracy, H11635 [22OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), H11632-H11685 [22OC], H11717-H11724 [23OC], E2619, E2621, E2623, E2624, E2625, E2627 [23OC], E2674 [29OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), consideration (H. Res. 853), H11623, H11631 [22OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), corrections in engrossment, H11724 [23OC]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), earmark declaration, E2686 [2NO], E2695, E2697 [3NO]

———clarify delegation of certain functions to classification societies, H11634 [22OC]

———conduct study on ability to respond to changes in immigration policy toward Haiti, H11681, H11682 [22OC], E2624 [23OC]

———conduct study to determine need for the long range maritime radio navigation system (LORAN-C) program as a supplemental backup to the global positioning system (GPS), H11684 [22OC]

———develop strategy to combat illicit flow of narcotics, weapons, bulk cash, and other contraband through use of submersible and semi-submersible vessels, H11719 [23OC]

———ensure that marine safety responsibilities do not impair the carrying out of homeland security missions, H11720, H11721 [23OC]

———funding, H11405 [15OC]

———negotiate with Canada to ensure tugboat escorts for laden oil tankers, H11640 [22OC]

———prohibit use of Fishing Safety Research Grant Program funds for earmarks, H11718 [23OC]

———prohibit use of Fishing Safety Training Grants Program funds for earmarks, H11717, H11718 [23OC]

———report on the most frequent human errors leading to oil spills from vessels, E2623 [23OC]

———structure acquisition processes and policies, H11634 [22OC]

———structure acquisition processes and policies (H.R. 1665), H8918-H8926 [28JY], E2073 [29JY]

———tribute to crew of U.S.C.G.C. Munro for rescue of fishermen in the Alaskan Sea, E2178 [31JY]

Cod (U.S.S.): anniversary, E2386 [29SE]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 860), H9744-H9750 [22SE], H10412 [1OC], E212 [4FE], E2339, E2342 [23SE]

Dept. of Defense: allow use of lightweight torpedo procurement funds to convert two commercial ferries for military use as intratheater lift platforms, H7362 [25JN]

———decision to reallocate proposed European land-based missile defense system to ship-based system in North and Mediterranean Seas, H9673 [17SE], H9871, H9872, H9890-H9896 [23SE], H9902, H9916, H9918, H9920 [24SE], H9982-H9993 [25SE], H10066 [29SE], H11113, H11147 [8OC]

———embark military personnel on U.S.-flagged vessels carrying Government-impelled cargo in areas of high risk of piracy, H7365, H7366 [25JN]

———require compliance with mandate to submit shipbuilding and aviation plans to the Committee on Armed Services (House), H10126 [30SE]

———transmit long-term shipbuilding plan to the House of Representatives (H. Res. 477), H9919 [24SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: conduct pilot program to deploy mobile biometric identification equipment on maritime vessels for immigration enforcement (H.R. 1148), H3763-H3765 [24MR]

Dept. of the Interior: modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (H.R. 1280), H6021, H6022 [2JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a maritime career training loan program, H11634 [22OC]

———establish a maritime career training loan program (H.R. 2651), H11341-H11347 [14OC], E2544 [15OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 23), H5422-H5428 [12MY], E1141 [13MY], E1200 [19MY]

EPA: application of regulations to reduce pollution from certain ships doing business on the Great Lakes, H12062-H12065 [29OC]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (H.R. 1080), H9750-H9755 [22SE], E276 [13FE]

Foreign countries: improve weight percent standards relative to prohibition on the rebuilding of any vessel overseas, H11626, H11627 [22OC]

Fort Lauderdale, FL: anniversary of Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, H11584 [22OC]

General Arnold (vessel): tribute to crew's efforts during American Revolution, E1551 [24JN]

Gerald R. Ford (U.S.S.): initiate construction, H12899 [7NO]

Government regulations: establish vessel ballast water management requirements, H11636 [22OC]

Great Lakes: authorize appropriations for the design, acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity (H.R. 1747), H4749, H4750 [27AP], E784 [26MR], E991 [28AP]

Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute: conduct studies on maritime shipping system of the Great Lakes, H11626 [22OC]

Hazardous substances: condemn and encourage prohibition on transport of nuclear mixed-oxide (MOX) material by ship in international waters and urge countries to reprocess such material within their own borders (H. Res. 402), H5388 [7MY]

Hodgdon Yachts Inc.: tribute, H6543 [11JN]

Houston, TX: ship channel dredging funding, H4750 [27AP]

International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships: implementation (H.R. 3618), H13013-H13018 [17NO]

International law: limit liability relative to acts of self-defense of U.S. mariners and vessels against acts of piracy, H11721-H11723 [23OC]

Iran: negotiate an ``Incidents at Sea Agreement'' (H. Con. Res. 94), H6080 [3JN]

Lake Erie: tribute to members of the Coast Guard and State and local agencies who rescued fishermen from an ice floe, H1136 [10FE]

Liberty (U.S.S.): anniversary of attack, E1331 [8JN]

Maersk Alabama (vessel): tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates (H. Res. 339), H4590-H4594 [22AP], E915 [21AP], E1005 [29AP]

Mayport Naval Station, FL: St. Johns River channel dredging funding, H11136 [8OC]

Merchant marine industry: arm vessels and crews against piracy, H5172 [6MY]

Miller, Billy Jack: American Red Cross Real Hero Award recipient, H8590 [23JY]

Miss Madison (vessel): American Boat Racing Association National Championship winner, E242 [11FE]

National Boating Day: observance (H. Res. 410), H6366-H6368 [9JN], E1361 [10JN]

Navy: tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (H. Con. Res. 129), H13394, H13395 [2DE], E2907 [8DE]

———tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force (H. Res. 773), H12148, H12149 [2NO], E2454 [6OC], E2705 [4NO]

New York, NY: tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549, E284 [13FE]

———tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 (H. Res. 84), H500-H504 [26JA], E163 [28JA], E260 [12FE]

New York LPD 21 (U.S.S.): commissioning (H. Res. 856), H12323-H12325 [4NO], E2795 [18NO]

Nuclear energy: shipment of plutonium mixed-oxide nuclear fuel from France to Japan, H3611 [18MR]

Richardson, Gerald: Ogemaw County, MI, Veterans Alliance Ogemaw County Veteran of the Year award recipient, E2718 [4NO]

Safety: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels, H11625, H11627 [22OC], E2625 [23OC]

———establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (H.R. 1485), H4254 [1AP]

———establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (H.R. 3360), H13020-H13026 [17NO]

Saunders Yachtworks (company): anniversary, E1104 [7MY]

Shipping industry: require all containers shipped to the U.S. be scanned for nuclear and radiological weapons before loading on the vessel for shipment, H9445 [14SE]

St. Louis (M.S.): anniversary of return to Europe after its Jewish refugee passengers were refused admittance to the U.S. (S. Res. 111), H14985 [16DE]

Sultana (vessel): anniversary of boiler explosion disaster (H. Res. 329), H4739-H4741 [27AP]

Tampa, FL: anniversary of Egmont Key Lighthouse, E104 [15JA]

Taxation: equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes, H11626 [22OC]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (H.R. 528), E129 [22JA]

———modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades (H.R. 3049), E1575 [26JN]

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve: expand boundaries (H.R. 905), H10007-H10009 [29SE]

Transportation Security Administration: develop procedures to allow individuals waiting for transportation worker identification credential (TWIC) cards to access secure and restricted areas as long as they are escorted, H6173, H6182 [4JN], H11639 [22OC]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy: require congressional nomination for admission, H11634, H11636 [22OC]

WAYNE E. MEYER (U.S.S.): tribute to commissioning of guided missile destroyer, E2333 [22SE]

Remarks in Senate

Coast Guard: eliminate the long range maritime radio navigation system (LORAN-C) program, S7243-S7248 [8JY], S10555 [20OC]

———reauthorize (S. 1194), S6205 [4JN]

———reauthorize (S. 1194), star print, S11887 [20NO]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 2859), S12809 [9DE]

Dept. of Defense: decision to reallocate proposed European land-based missile defense system to ship-based system in North and Mediterranean Seas, S9495, S9525, S9544 [17SE], S9767 [24SE], S10046-S10050 [1OC], S10393 [14OC], S10518 [19OC], S10667, S10684 [22OC]

———require study and report on feasibility and potential of establishing a deep water sea port in the Arctic to protect and advance strategic U.S. interests (S. 2849), S12711 [8DE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses (S. 715), S3904, S3905 [26MR]

———modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (S. 1651), S9136 [8SE]

Dept. of Transportation: waive minimum grant size under the discretionary grant program for passenger and freight rail transportation and infrastructure projects, S2299 [13FE]

EPA: application of regulations to reduce pollution from certain ships doing business on the Great Lakes, S10904 [29OC]

Fish and fishing: authorize a single fisheries cooperative for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands longline catcher processor subsector (S. 1609), S9009 [6AU]

Government regulations: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels (S. 1820), S10637 [21OC]

Gravely (U.S.S.): tribute to christening, S5775, S5790 [21MY]

Lake Texoma: exempt guides for hire and other operators of uninspected vessels from Coast Guard and other regulations (S. 1205), S6266 [8JN]

Maersk Alabama (vessel): tribute to crew and Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates, S4954 [30AP]

———tribute to crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates and develop a strategy to address piracy (S. Res. 108), S4596, S4597 [22AP], S4718 [24AP]

Morris Yachts Inc.: tribute, S11115 [4NO]

National Boating Day: observance (S. Res. 199), S7112 [25JN]

National Marina Day: designate (S. Res. 215), S8101 [24JY]

Naval Station Mayport, FL: St. Johns River channel dredging funding, S11331 [10NO]

Navy: decision to establish a homeport for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Naval Station Mayport, FL, S363, S364 [14JA]

———tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols (S. Con. Res. 10), S2916 [9MR]

New York, NY: tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549, S781 [22JA]

———tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 (S. Res. 17), S658 [16JA]

Oceans: enhance readiness of the U.S. to deal with increased maritime and development activity in the Arctic due to climate change (S. 1564), S8685 [3AU]

———ensure safe, secure, and reliable marine shipping in the Arctic including the availability of aids to navigation, vessel escorts, spill response capability, and maritime search and rescue (S. 1561), S8685 [3AU]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (S. 684), S3680 [24MR]

Petroleum: require new vessels for carrying oil fuel to have double hulls (S. 685), S3686 [24MR], S8267 [29JY]

Prince William Sound: modify applicability of certain requirements to double hulled tankers transporting oil in bulk (S. 1041), S5521 [14MY]

Somalia: develop a strategy to address piracy and terrorism, S12410 [4DE]

St. Louis (M.S.): anniversary of return to Europe after its Jewish refugee passengers were refused admittance to the U.S. (S. Res. 111), S4698 [23AP], S5646 [19MY]

Taxation: modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades (S. 58), S62 [6JA]

———repeal certain shipping investment withdrawal rules and provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the U.S. (S. 1610), S9010 [6AU]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy: Eagle Pier construction funding, S7357 [10JY]

Reports filed

Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 23) (H. Rept. 111-99), H5397 [7MY]

Clean Hull Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3618) (H. Rept. 111-331), H13000 [16NO]

Coast Guard Acquisition Reform Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1665) (H. Rept. 111-215), H8409 [20JY]

Coast Guard Appropriations: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3619) (H. Rept. 111-303), H11462 [16OC]

Coast Guard Modernization Act: Committee on Transporation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2650) (H. Rept. 111-352), H13519 [3DE]

Coast Guard Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1194) (S. Rept. 111-95), S10959 [30OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3619, Coast Guard Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 853) (H. Rept. 111-311), H11580 [21OC]

Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 860) (H. Rept. 111-196), H8007 [10JY]

Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 588) (S. Rept. 111-72), S9132 [8SE]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3360) (H. Rept. 111-332), H13000 [16NO]

Dept. of Defense Transmittal of Long-Term Shipbuilding Plan to the House of Representatives: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H. Res. 477) (H. Rept. 111-167), H7083 [19JN]

Great Lakes Icebreaker Replacement Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1747) (H. Rept. 111-81), H4579 [21AP]

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1080) (H. Rept. 111-228), H8808 [24JY]

Maritime Administration Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1308) (S. Rept. 111-73), S9186 [9SE]

Maritime Safety Act: Committee on Tranportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2652) (H. Rept. 111-351), H13519 [3DE]

Maritime Workforce Development Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2651) (H. Rept. 111-243), H9275 [31JY]

National Boating Day: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 410) (H. Rept. 111-142), H6305 [8JN]

Oil Spill Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 685) (S. Rept. 111-26), S6580 [15JN]

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 380) (S. Rept. 111-65), S8759 [4AU]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 905) (H. Rept. 111-270), H10068 [29SE]

U.S. Mariner and Vessel Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3376) (H. Rept. 111-386), H15508 [23DE]

Summaries

Coast Guard Officers Role in Rescue of Fishermen From an Ice Floe on Lake Erie, H1136 [10FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 129, tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols, H13394 [2DE]

H. Res. 84, tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549, H500 [26JA]

H. Res. 329, Sultana (vessel) boiler explosion disaster anniversary, H4739 [27AP]

H. Res. 339, tribute to Maersk Alabama (vessel) crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates, H4590 [22AP]

H. Res. 410, National Boating Day, H6366 [9JN]

H. Res. 773, tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force, H12148 [2NO]

H. Res. 853, consideration of H.R. 3619, Coast Guard appropriations, H11623 [22OC]

H. Res. 856, U.S.S. New York LPD 21 commissioning, H12323 [4NO]

H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act, H5422 [12MY]

H.R. 860, Coral Reef Conservation Act reauthorization, H9744-H9748 [22SE]

H.R. 905, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act, H10007 [29SE]

H.R. 1080, Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act, H9751-H9754 [22SE]

H.R. 1148, Dept. of Homeland Security pilot program to deploy mobile biometric identification equipment on maritime vessels for immigration enforcement, H3763 [24MR]

H.R. 1280, Dept. of the Interior land grant patent modification issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, H6021 [2JN]

H.R. 1665, Coast Guard Acquisition Reform Act, H8918-H8924 [28JY]

H.R. 1747, Great Lakes Icebreaker Replacement Act, H4749 [27AP]

H.R. 2651, Maritime Workforce Development Act, H11341-H11343 [14OC]

H.R. 3360, Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act, H13020-H13023 [17NO]

H.R. 3618, Clean Hull Act, H13013-H13015 [17NO]

H.R. 3619, Coast Guard appropriations, H11640-H11673 [22OC]

S. 58, modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades, S63 [6JA]

S. 684, Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act, S3681-S3685 [24MR]

S. 1041, modify applicability of certain requirements to double hulled tankers transporting oil in bulk on Prince William Sound, S5522 [14MY]

S. 1194, Coast Guard reauthorization, S6205-S6214 [4JN]

S. 1205, exempt Lake Texoma guides for hire and other operators of uninspected vessels from Coast Guard and other regulations, S6266 [8JN]

S. 1609, Longline Catcher Processor Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act, S9009 [6AU]

S. 1610, American Shipping Reinvestment Act, S9011 [6AU]

S. 1820, Clean Cruise Ship Act, S10638-S10641 [21OC]

S. Con. Res. 10, tribute to sailors of U.S. Submarine Force for completion of 1000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols, S2914, S2917 [9MR]

S. Con. Res. 33, issue commemorative postage stamp in commemoration of crew of U.S.S. MASON DE-529, S7793 [21JY]

S. Con. Res. 34, issue commemorative postage stamp in commemoration of crew of U.S.S. MASON DE-529, S7891 [22JY]

S. Res. 17, tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549, S656, S658 [16JA]

S. Res. 108, tribute to Maersk Alabama (vessel) crew and those involved in the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips following hijacking by Somali pirates and develop a strategy to address piracy, S4586, S4597 [22AP]

S. Res. 111, anniversary of return of St. Louis (M.S.) to Europe after its Jewish refugee passengers were refused admittance to the U.S., S4698 [23AP], S5646 [19MY]

S. Res. 158, tribute to American Sail Training Association, S5876 [21MY]

S. Res. 199, National Boating Day, S6889 [22JN], S7112 [25JN]

S. Res. 215, National Marina Day, S7653 [16JY], S8101 [24JY]