Amends Federal shipping provisions to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to prescribe regulations requiring all fishing vessels to be equipped with: (1) an emergency radio beacon; (2) liferafts or lifeboats; and (3) survival suits.
Directs the Secretary to prescribe additional regulations requiring such fishing vessels to be certified as stable by a marine surveyor when entering into a fishery which requires significant changes in equipment or operational techniques from those previously employed by the vessel operator.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, DOT.
Referred to Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigationand by the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
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