Amends Federal law relating to the authority of the Coast Guard in saving life and property to provide for criminal penalties and liability for costs for knowingly communicating a false distress message to the Coast Guard.
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for acquiring direction finding and transmitter identification equipment for land-based and mobile Coast Guard search and rescue stations.
Became Public Law No: 101-595.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
Field Hearings Held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 101-684.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 101-684.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 426.
Mr. Studds moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mr. Davis demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
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On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
See H.R.4009.