A bill to provide limitations on maritime liens on fishing licenses and for other purposes.
Maritime Lien Reform Act of 2011 - Bars specified federal shipping laws related to maritime liability from: (1) establishing maritime liens on state or federal fishing licenses (authorizing a person or use of a vessel to engage in fishing), and (2) authorizing civil actions to enforce maritime liens on such licenses.
Specifies that a "fishing license" is governed solely by the state or federal law under which it was issued and is not included in the whole or as an appurtenance or intangible of a vessel.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Became Public Law No: 112-213.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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