SHIPS AND VESSELS related term(s) Merchant Marine Industry; Recreational Vehicles

Amendments

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), S6653, S6661, S6673 [21SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (S. 2061), S3735 [5JN]

Kittery, ME: tribute to firefighters and emergency response personnel who responded to fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (S. Res. 488), S4249, S4250 [18JN]

NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 2388), S8308, S8313 [20DE]

Southeast Asia: reaffirm U.S. support for declaration of conduct of parties in the South China Sea among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and China (S. Res. 524), S6004, S6011 [2AU]

Bills and resolutions

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5887), H3404 [1JN]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), concur in Senate amendments with an amendment (see H. Res. 825), H6675 [5DE]

——— require development and posting of passenger capacity limits for recreational vessels over a certain length (see S. 3537), S6339 [13SE]

Crime: provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (see H.R. 5889), H3480 [5JN]

Dept. of Defense: reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 3974), H639 [8FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (see S. 2061), S261 [1FE] (see H.R. 5739), H2662 [11MY]

——— require a feasibility study on meeting the 100 percent requirement to scan containers destined for U.S. ports in order to extend the deadline for such scanning (see H.R. 6713), H7435 [27DE]

——— study and report to Congress on gaps in U.S. port security and a plan to address them (see H.R. 4005), H692 [9FE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide preservation and interpretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (see H.R. 6145), H5008 [18JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (see H.R. 3838), H186 [27JA]

Enterprise (U.S.S.): tribute to the Navy and current and former officers and crew upon completion of final deployment (see S. Con. Res. 65), S8203 [19DE] (see S. Res. 630), S8665 [2JA] (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6622 [4DE]

FEMA: authorize use of Port Security Grant Program funds for mandated security personnel (see H.R. 5803), H3102 [17MY]

——— authorize use of Port Security Grant Program funds for replacement of certain security equipment or facilities (see H.R. 5802), H3102 [17MY]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement the Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 4100), H1016 [28FE]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H5200 [24JY]

Kittery, ME: tribute to firefighters and emergency response personnel who responded to fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (see S. Res. 488), S3839 [7JN]

Maritime Administration: make grants to States or port authorities to cover the cost of repair and construction activities relative to certain strategic commercial seaports (see H.R. 6253), H5628 [1AU]

Minnesota: remove designation of Mille Lacs Lake as a federally navigable body of water to eliminate Federal regulation of certain activities (see S. 3251), S3631 [24MY] (see H.R. 5797), H3102 [17MY]

Navy: 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. 4338), H1804 [29MR]

——— provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients (see H.R. 6649), H6701 [11DE]

NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 2388), S2821 [26AP]

Petroleum: establish Federal Oil Spill Research Committee and improve oil spill response plans (see S. 3298), S4203 [14JN]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S.: designate (see H.R. 6147), H5008 [18JY]

Southeast Asia: promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian mainland (see H.R. 6313), H5705 [2AU]

——— reaffirm U.S. support for declaration of conduct of parties in the South China Sea among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and China (see S. Res. 524), S5257 [23JY]

Syria: promote U.S. policy objectives through imposition of sanctions, creation of a Syrian Stabilization Fund, support for opposition and democracy efforts, and departure from power of Bashar al-Assad (see S. 2152), S1373 [2MR]

Tariff: cast-iron engine crankcases for marine propulsion engines (see S. 2915), S2966 [8MY] (see H.R. 5524), H2320 [7MY]

——— pistons for marine propulsion engines (see S. 2911), S2966 [8MY] (see H.R. 5528), H2320 [7MY]

Titanic (R.M.S.): provide additional protections for ship and wreck site (see S. 2279), S2243 [29MR]

Water: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see S. 3332), S4417 [21JN] (see S. 3570), S6454 [19SE]

Hymns

‘‘Eternal Father, Strong To Save,’’ Senator Wicker (extra verse), S5084 [17JY]

‘‘Eternal Father, Strong To Save,’’ William Whiting, S5084 [17JY]

‘‘Eternal Father, Strong To Save’’ (excerpt), E1550 [18SE]

Letters

Expand Navy restrictions relative to the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards to vessels with a homeport in the Northern Mariana Islands: Eddie Calvo, Governor of Guam, H3060 [17MY]

——— Mathews Pothen, Guam Shipyard, H3060 [17MY]

Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act: Tim Spreck, Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance, H5607 [1AU]

Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act: Gregory M. Cohen, American Highway Users Alliance, H5606 [1AU]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea ratification: Senators Portman and Ayotte, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S5009 [16JY]

——— several Senators, S5009 [16JY]

Memorandums

Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act: Coast Guard, H5607 [1AU]

——— D.L. Nichols, Coast Guard, H5607 [1AU]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: President Obama, S4238 [18JN], H3721 [18JN]

Remarks in House

American Bureau of Shipping: anniversary, E36 [18JA], E92 [31JA]

Cesar E. Chavez (U.S.S.): tribute, E693 [27AP]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), concur in Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 825), H6626–H6644 [5DE], E1906 [11DE], E1939, E1940 [17DE]

——— funding, H3504 [6JN]

——— Great Lakes search and rescue operations funding, H3550, H3551 [6JN]

——— provide administrative assistance to facilitate tonnage reduction modifications for the Aqueos Acadian (vessel), E1940 [17DE]

——— report on costs of reactivating or interest in purchasing Polar Sea (vessel) before decommissioning and disassembling for scrap, H3551, H3552 [6JN]

——— tribute to interception of cocaine shipments, E1040 [12JN]

——— tribute to veterans, E1868 [4DE]

Congressional Ports, Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus: inaugural event, H1219, H1221 [7MR]

Conti, Maurice and Sophie: New Zealand Bravery Medal recipients, E712 [7MY]

Corps of Engineers: Delaware River main channel deepening project funding, E976 [5JN]

——— Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, H3490 [6JN]

Costa Concordia (vessel): failure of safety measures aboard cruise liner, E328 [7MR]

Courts: revise laws on liability in certain civil actions arising from maritime incidents, E615 [23AP]

Crime: provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (H.R. 5889), H3986–H3991 [26JN], H4421 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: health care research funding through reductions in Navy cruiser shipbuilding funding, H4962, H4963 [18JY]

——— limit funding to any institution or organization established by U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, H3081 [17MY], E850 [18MY]

——— prohibit funding to reduce number of nuclear weapons delivery vehicles, H5047, H5048 [19JY]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs, E485 [29MR]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (H.R. 3974), H592 [8FE], H1532 [22MR]

——— require Navy or U.S.-flagged vessels that provide services to the Federal Government to be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard located in the U.S. or Guam, H3143, H3144 [18MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (S. 2061), H4672, H4673 [9JY], E1216 [10JY]

——— study and report to Congress on gaps in U.S. port security and a plan to address them (H.R. 4005), H4009–H4011 [26JN], E175 [9FE], E1181 [29JN]

Dept. of the Interior: modify a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (S. 404), H3713, H3714 [18JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (H.R. 3838), E81 [27JA]

Dorchester (U.S.A.T.): tribute to chaplains who were killed in action during World War II, H518, H519, H521 [7FE]

Federal Maritime Commission: administrative spending, salaries, and expense accounts funding, H4121 [27JN]

FEMA: authorize use of Port Security Grant Program funds for mandated security personnel, H4008 [26JN]

——— authorize use of Port Security Grant Program funds for replacement of certain security equipment or facilities, H4008 [26JN]

——— Port Security Grant Program funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3556, H3557 [6JN]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement the Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (H.R. 4100), E269 [28FE]

Houston, TX: Port of Houston dredging project funding, E953 [1JN]

Iran: threat to block traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, H633 [8FE]

Kristi House, Inc.: tribute to partnership with Miami International Airport and Port of Miami to assist child victims of human trafficking, H1522 [22MR]

Laconia, NH: anniversary of Mount Washington Cruises, E931 [31MY]

Leonard, Tom: Essex National Heritage Commission Essex Heritage Hero Award recipient, E741 [9MY]

Maritime Administration: identify actions to enable qualified U.S. flag capacity to meet national defense requirements, H6643 [5DE], E855 [18MY]

——— Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program funding, H4051 [26JN]

——— Maritime Security Program and Cargo Preference Program funding, H4623 [29JN]

——— prohibit exemption from Federal Acquisition Regulations and disposal of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels using less than open and transparent competition, H3136 [18MY]

Minnesota: remove designation of Mille Lacs Lake as a federally navigable body of water to eliminate Federal regulation of certain activities (H.R. 5797), H5606–H5608 [1AU]

National Marina Day: observance, E1034 [8JN]

Navy: DDG–51 destroyer funding, H4961, H4962, H4966 [18JY]

——— expand certain restrictions relative to the overhaul and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards to vessels with a homeport in the Northern Mariana Islands, H3059–H3061 [17MY]

——— provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients (H.R. 6649), H7508–H7511 [31DE]

——— shipbuilding funding, H2836 [17MY]

——— transfer of naval vessels to Turkey relative to actions against Israel and Cyprus, H7509, H7510 [31DE]

——— tribute to development of clean energy sources, H1277 [8MR]

——— Virginia-class submarine program funding, H2791, H2793 [16MY]

New Bedford, MA: tribute to New Bedford Whaling Museum, E1926 [13DE]

New Jersey (U.S.S.): tribute to volunteers preparing for ceremony to honor those killed at Pearl Harbor, E1862 [3DE]

Newport, RI: tribute to America’s Cup World Series, H4076 [27JN]

Seattle, WA: Port of Seattle recipient of Dept. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, E1397 [3AU]

Somerset (U.S.S.): tribute, H5323 [26JY], E1272 [18JY]

St. Paul, MN: anniversary of St. Paul Yacht Club, E1177 [28JN]

Star Island Corp.: tribute to restoration of Gosport Regatta, E1052 [18JN]

Texas (U.S.S.): tribute, E1209 [9JY]

Titanic (R.M.S.): anniversary of sinking, H1963 [18AP], E524 [16AP]

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 (H.R. 897), H5604–H5606 [1AU]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation, E1906 [11DE]

——— allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (H.R. 3173), H4015–H4017 [26JN], H4422 [28JN], E1171 [28JN]

——— ensure that certain transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) do not expire before deadline for implementation of electronic readers for such credentials, H3502, H3503 [6JN], H4007 [26JN]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification, H5023 [19JY]

West Virginia (U.S.S.): tribute to reunion of crew, E1549 [18SE]

YF–415 (U.S.S.): anniversary of sinking, E716 [7MY]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: impact of debris from Japanese earthquake, S5848–S5850 [1AU]

Badger (vessel): anniversary of Lake Michigan car ferry, S3619 [24MY]

——— concerns over coal emissions, S8276 [20DE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), S6673 [21SE]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), House amendment, S7972, S7973 [12DE], S8028 [13DE], S8355 [21DE]

——— clarify restrictions on certain fishing vessels, S7972 [12DE]

——— ensure U.S. icebreaking capabilities (S. 1620), S112 [26JA]

——— provide administrative assistance to facilitate tonnage reduction modifications for the Aqueos Acadian (vessel), S8355 [21DE]

——— require study on provision that no survival craft allow a person to be submerged in water include consideration of specific needs of individuals with disabilities, S7972, S7973 [12DE]

Corps of Engineers: Great Lakes dredging funding, S8196 [19DE]

——— Savannah Harbor Expansion Project funding, S609 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: set forth necessary and appropriate standards to guide naval decisions on vessel naming, S7389 [4DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (S. 2061), S3735 [5JN]

Disasters: provide regulatory relief for disaster victims and relief volunteers, S8474 [28DE]

Dorchester (U.S.A.T.): tribute to chaplains who were killed in action during World War II, S385 [7FE]

Enterprise (U.S.S.): tribute to the Navy and current and former officers and crew upon completion of final deployment (S. Res. 630), S8668 [2JA]

EPA: impact of regulations, S5460–S5462 [26JY]

Healy (vessel): tribute to Coast Guard icebreaker for ensuring the transfer of fuel for Nome, AK, refueling station, S112 [26JA]

Kittery, ME: tribute to firefighters and emergency response personnel who responded to fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (S. Res. 488), S3872 [7JN], S4249 [18JN]

Miami (U.S.S.): tribute to local fire departments for fighting fire aboard nuclear-powered submarine, S3543 [24MY]

Mississippi River: impact of drought on water levels and resulting barge traffic, S7676 [6DE]

Mississippi (U.S.S.): commissioning, S5084 [17JY]

Moroccan-American Treaty of Peace and Friendship: anniversary, S5727 [31JY]

NOAA: misuse of fishermen fines to purchase luxury boat and demand for greater accountability regarding the misuse of Government vessels, S893 [17FE]

NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 2388), S8308–S8318 [20DE]

Renda (vessel): tribute to Russian flagged tanker for ensuring the transfer of fuel for Nome, AK, refueling station, S112 [26JA]

Rhode Island: observance of Gaspee Days, S3822 [7JN]

San Francisco, CA: express condolences to families of victims of boating accident while participating in a race off the coast of California, S2812 [26AP]

Shipping industry: allow cargo shipped between two U.S. ports to be transported in non-U.S. built, owned or crewed vessels, S2145, S2146 [28MR]

Somerset (U.S.S.): tribute, S5368 [25JY]

Southeast Asia: reaffirm U.S. support for declaration of conduct of parties in the South China Sea among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and China (S. Res. 524), S6011 [2AU]

Syria: promote U.S. policy objectives through imposition of sanctions, creation of a Syrian Stabilization Fund, support for opposition and democracy efforts, and departure from power of Bashar al-Assad (S. 2152), S1493 [7MR]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification, S5007–S5010 [16JY], S5128 [18JY]

Reports filed

America’s Cup Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1759) (S. Rept. 112–246), S7458 [5DE]

Coast Guard Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1665) (S. Rept. 112–135), S131 [26JA]

Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 46) (S. Rept. 112–210), S6270 [12SE]

Deepwater Horizon Survivors’ Fairness Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 183), S6800 [14NO]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 183) (S. Rept. 112–245), S7458 [5DE]

Dept. of the Interior Modification of Land Grant Patent Issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (S. 404) (H. Rept. 112–433), H1844 [16AP]

Former Charleston Naval Base Land Exchange Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2061) (S. Rept. 112–171), S3630 [24MY]

Gauging American Port Security (GAPS) Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 4005) (H. Rept. 112–499), H3265 [30MY]

International Fisheries Stewardship and Enforcement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 52) (S. Rept. 112–132), S131 [26JA]

Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5797) (H. Rept. 112–634), H5524 [31JY]

NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act Reauthorization and Amendments: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2388), S6800 [14NO]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2388) (S. Rept. 112–256), S8203 [19DE]

Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5889) (H. Rept. 112–551), H4063 [26JN]

R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Preservation Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2279), S6800 [14NO]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2279) (S. Rept. 112–247), S7458 [5DE]

Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1657) (S. Rept. 112–141), S163 [30JA]

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 485) (S. Rept. 112–134), S131 [26JA]

Transportation Security Administration Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) Applicants To Remotely Apply for Issuance, Renewal, or Activation: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3173) (H. Rept. 112–523), H3706 [15JN]

Testimonies

Costa Concordia (vessel) Cruise Liner Safety Measures Failure: Brian Aho, E328 [7MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 825, concur in Senate amendments with an amendment to H.R. 2838, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H6626–H6640 [5DE]

H.R. 897, Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act, H5605 [1AU]

H.R. 3173, Transportation Security Administration allowance of transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation, H4015 [26JN]

H.R. 4005, Gauging American Port Security (GAPS) Act, H4009 [26JN]

H.R. 5797, Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act, H5606 [1AU]

H.R. 5889, Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act, H3986–H3989 [26JN]

H.R. 6649, Naval Vessel Transfer Act, H7508 [31DE]

S. 404, Dept. of the Interior modification of a land grant patent issued to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, H3713 [18JN]

S. 2061, Former Charleston Naval Base Land Exchange Act, S3735 [5JN], H4672 [9JY]

S. 2388, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Act reauthorization and amendments, S8313–S8318 [20DE]

S. Con. Res. 65, tribute to the Navy and current and former officers and crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise upon completion of final deployment, S8206 [19DE]

S. Res. 488, tribute to firefighters and emergency response personnel who responded to fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME, S3844, S3872 [7JN]

S. Res. 524, reaffirm U.S. support for declaration of conduct of parties in the South China Sea among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and China, S5263 [23JY], S6011 [2AU]

S. Res. 630, tribute to the Navy and current and former officers and crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise upon completion of final deployment, S8666, S8668 [2JA]