Fishing Safety Training and Research Act

Bill: 113-hr-4025
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2014-02-10
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Department of Transportation

Executive agency funding and structure

Government information and archives

Hunting and fishing

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Marine and inland water transportation

Research administration and funding

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Fishing Safety Training and Research Act - Reauthorizes through FY2025: (1) the Fishing Safety Training Grants Program, and (2) the Fishing Safety Research Grant Program.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in the case of the training grant program, to: (1) establish a publicly accessible electronic database listing individuals who have participated in training sessions carried out with such grant assistance; and (2) require, as a condition of including an individual in such database for any period longer than 18 months, that the individual complete retraining.</p> <p>Requires such training to be available in languages other than English.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4025 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 10, 2014 Mr. Keating (for himself and Mr. Tierney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 46, United States Code, to reauthorize and amend the Fishing Safety Training Grant Program and the Fishing Safety Research Grant Program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fishing Safety Training and Research Act . 2. Reauthorization and amendment of Fishing Safety Training Grant Program and Fishing Safety Research Grant Program (a) Fishing Safety Training Grant Program Section 4502(i) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) (A) The Secretary shall establish a publicly accessible electronic database that lists the names of individuals who have participated in training sessions carried out with assistance under this subsection. (B) The Secretary shall require, as a condition of including the name of an individual in such database for any period longer than 18 months, that the individual complete retraining. (5) The Secretary shall require that training carried out with a grant under this section shall be made available in languages other than English, as appropriate for the fishing port in which the training is offered. ; and (3) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking 2010 through 2014 and inserting 2015 through 2025 . (b) Fishing Safety Research Grant Program Section 4502(j)(4) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking 2010 through 2014 and inserting 2015 through 2025 .