Coast Guard Regulation Relief Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-4770
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18]
Introduced: 2014-05-29
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Business records

Civil actions and liability

Government information and archives

Marine and inland water transportation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Coast Guard Regulation Relief Act of 2014 - Amends federal shipping law to revise requirements for recording of a notice of a claim of a maritime lien.</p> <p>Declares that a notice shall expire three years after it is recorded. (Currently, expires three years after the lien was established.)</p> <p>Authorizes a person to re-record an expired notice if that person submits to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) a declaration that the information in the notice is accurate to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief. Extends the re-recorded notice for another three years.</p> <p>Declares that the expiration of a notice may not be construed to have any effect on the validity of a claim of lien.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4770 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 29, 2014 Mr. Murphy of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to notices of claim of maritime lien, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard Regulation Relief Act of 2014 . 2. Notices of claim of maritime lien Section 31343 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: (e) (1) A notice of claim of lien recorded under subsection (b) shall expire 3 years after the date on which such notice is recorded. (2) A person may re-record a notice that has expired under paragraph (1) or (3) if the person submits to the Secretary a declaration stating that the information in the notice remains true and correct to the best of the knowledge, information, and belief of the person. (3) A notice re-recorded under paragraph (2) shall expire 3 years after the date on which such notice was last re-recorded. (4) Expiration of a notice under this subsection may not be construed to have any effect on the validity of a claim of lien. .