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Water Assistance from International Vessels for Emergency Response Act

Introduced: June 18, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Jun 18, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 18, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Water Assistance from International Vessels for Emergency Response Act - Waives requirements for coastwise endorsements to a certificate of documentation in order to engage in coastwise trade for foreign vessels engaged in containment, remediation, or associated activities in connection with the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

What's happening now June 18, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jun 23, 2010
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jun 18, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3512: Water Assistance from International Vessels for Emergency Response Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3512/
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"S. 3512: Water Assistance from International Vessels for Emergency Response Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3512/.
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S. 3512, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3512/.
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