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S 1022 113th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Fires Marine and inland water transportation Transportation safety and security

A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Introduced: May 22, 2013 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 22, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends federal shipping law to extend through October 31, 2028, the exemption of certain vessels from the requirement that U.S. passenger vessels having berth or stateroom accommodations for at least 50 passengers be constructed of fire-retardant materials in order to be granted a certificate of inspection.

Continues to apply this exemption only to vessels in operation before January 1, 1968, which operate only within the Boundary Line (the dividing point between inland waters and high seas).

What's happening now May 22, 2013

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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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Feb 12, 2014
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jan 28, 2014
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1022: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1022/
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"S. 1022: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1022/.
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S. 1022, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1022/.
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