Amends safety equipment requirements to require, subject to exemption by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, that each manned uninspected vessel operating on the high seas or beyond three nautical miles from the coastline of the Great Lakes be equipped with the prescribed number and type of alerting and locating equipment, including emergency position indicating radio beacons. (Current law applies similar requirements only on fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessels.)
Increases the civil penalty which may be imposed for violation of this and other statutes and regulations relating to uninspected vessels.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Report No: 100-967.
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Report No: 100-967.
Placed on Union Calendar No: 578.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1040. Pursuant to the order of September 28, 1988.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 100-540.
Became Public Law No: 100-540.
Enacted as Public Law 100-540
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