HR 3461
101th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Environmental Protection
International agencies
International environmental cooperation
Marine safety
Marine transportation
Navigation satellites
Oil pollution control
Tankers
Transportation of hazardous substances
United Nations
To require that certain tankers be equipped with satellite navigation systems.
Introduced: October 12, 1989
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 26, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
Mar 26, 1990
Executive Comment Requested from DOT, State, DOD.
Oct 12, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Oct 12, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require that oil tankers or tankers carrying hazardous materials be equipped with a differential global positioning system receiver (satellite navigation system).
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations should request that the International Maritime Organization study the feasibility of requiring all tankers of member nations to install and use such receivers.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1