H.R. 1452 · 118th Congress
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.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- John Garamendi
- Introduced
- 2023-03-08
- Latest action
- 2023-03-09 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Summary
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.