Title I: Amendments to Title II of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 to exempt specified vessels operating on the Outer Continental Shelf from certain manning requirements of such Act.
Title II: Amendments to Title IV of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 - Eliminates the prohibition against the payment of damages from the Fishermen's Contingency Fund by the Secretary of Commerce to a commercial fisherman when damage was caused by materials, equipment, or other items attributable to a financially responsible party.
Extends the time period during which a report on the location of such materials and the nature of such damage must be filed. Revises procedures for claims of less than $25,000.
Title III: Amendments to Title V of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to revise the date by which a state coastal zone management program shall be certified.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, DOE, DOT, EPA, Interior, Justice.
Referred to Subcommittee on Panama Canal and Outer Continental Shelf.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
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