To amend the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 to direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide certain data related to water quality, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1452
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-08
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill directs the Coast Guard to provide certain data about a ballast water management system with a type approval certificate to any state, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia upon request. Specifically, the Coast Guard must provide all data possessed by the Coast Guard pertaining to challenge water quality characteristics, challenge water biological organism concentrations, post-treatment water quality characteristics, and post-treatment biological organism concentrations for the ballast water management system.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1452 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 8, 2023 Mr. Garamendi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 to direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide certain data related to water quality, and for other purposes.

1. Information on type approval certificates (a) In general Title IX of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–282 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 904. Information on type approval certificates The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall, upon request by any State, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States, provide all data possessed by the Coast Guard pertaining to challenge water quality characteristics, challenge water biological organism concentrations, post-treatment water quality characteristics, and post-treatment biological organism concentrations data for a ballast water management system with a type approval certificate approved by the Coast Guard pursuant to subpart 162.060 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor Federal regulations). . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–282 ) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 903 the following: 904. Information on type approval certificates. .