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Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016

Introduced: June 20, 2016 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jun 21, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jun 20, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jun 20, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016

National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2016

This bill directs the U.S. Coast Guard to develop a land-based system to backup its Global Position System (GPS).

The bill revises the deadline for when certain fishing vessels must be in compliance with the alternate safety compliance program.

Additionally, the Coast Guard is authorized to reimburse private entities for costs incurred to construct and establish an aid to navigation.

What's happening now June 21, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5978 Related bill Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Sep 7, 2016
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jun 20, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5531: Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5531/
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"H.R. 5531: Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5531/.
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H.R. 5531, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5531/.
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