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HR 2717 111th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Intergovernmental relations Lakes and rivers Licensing and registrations Marine and inland water transportation Oklahoma Outdoor recreation Texas Transportation safety and security

To exempt guides for hire and other operators of uninspected vessels on Lake Texoma from Coast Guard and other regulations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 4, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 17, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
Jun 5, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jun 4, 2009
Referred to House Homeland Security
Jun 4, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 4, 2009
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Jun 4, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Exempts residents or nonresidents who assist, accompany, transport, guide, or aid persons in the taking of fish for monetary or other consideration on Lake Texoma (located on the border between Texas and Oklahoma): (1) who are licensed by the state in which they are operating from any related requirement established or administered by the Coast Guard; and (2) who are licensed by the Coast Guard from state regulation so long as the Coast Guard license remains valid.

Prohibits an individual with a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariners document and serving under the authority of such license, certificate, or document on a vessel that is required to have a vessel security plan from entering an area designated as a secure area in such a plan unless the individual has (or is accompanied by an individual who has) a biometric transportation security card issued by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. (Current law contains the same prohibition, but without referring to serving under the authority of such license, certificate, or document.)

Removes a provision prohibiting an individual engaged on a towing vessel that pushes, pulls, or hauls alongside a tank vessel from entering a secured area without having (or without being accompanied by an individual who has) such a card.

What's happening now June 17, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jun 4, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2717: To exempt guides for hire and other operators of uninspected vessels on Lake Texoma from Coast Guard and other regulations, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2717/
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"H.R. 2717: To exempt guides for hire and other operators of uninspected vessels on Lake Texoma from Coast Guard and other regulations, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2717/.
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H.R. 2717, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2717/.
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