COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION ACT
Amendments
Enact (S. 2444), S6480, S6545, S6557 [10DE]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 4005), H1686 [6FE] (see H.R. 5769), H8225 [1DE]
Letters
Provisions: Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H2773 [1AP], H8302 [3DE]
——— Representative McKeon, Committee on Armed Services (House), H2773 [1AP]
——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2773 [1AP], H8302 [3DE]
——— Representatives Bennie G. Thompson and Jackson Lee, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H2775 [1AP]
Remarks in House
Coast Guard: clarify disposition of assets associated with Long-Range Navigation (LORAN) stations, H2775 [1AP]
——— ensure U.S. icebreaking capabilities, H2778, H2779 [1AP], H8305 [3DE]
——— examine potential cost savings of laser peening technology, E515 [4AP]
——— increase number of passengers allowable on uninspected, U.S.-flagged passenger vessels operating in the Virgin Islands, H2778 [1AP], H8304 [3DE]
——— require port authorities to address cybersecurity in their port security plans, H2774 [1AP]
——— survey property at the open water entrance from Puget Sound to Gig Harbor, WA, H2776 [1AP]
Dept. of Transportation: authority to enforce cargo preference requirements relative to U.S.-flagged vessels carrying Government-impelled cargo, H8304 [3DE]
Enact (H.R. 4005), H2763–H2779, H2794 [1AP], E515 [4AP]
Enact (H.R. 5769), H8289–H8305 [3DE], E1745 [4DE]
Enact (S. 2444), H9002–H9014 [10DE], E1809 [12DE]
EPA: make permanent the moratorium on certain regulations and fines governing incidental discharges from commercial vessels under a certain size, H2779 [1AP]
NOAA: improve ability to address severe marine debris events, H2775 [1AP]
——— provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities to address marine debris impacts of 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, H2775 [1AP]
Ships and vessels: proposal to increase cargo preference for U.S. food aid, H8304 [3DE]
Remarks in Senate
Enact (S. 2444), S6480, S6481, S6487 [10DE]
——— unanimous-consent agreement, S6480 [10DE]
Ships and vessels: remove limitation on a prohibition relative to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels, S6487 [10DE]
Reports filed
Provisions: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4005) (H. Rept. 113–384), H2644 [25MR]
Texts of
H.R. 4005, provisions, H2763–H2772 [1AP]