HR 702 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Personal Watercraft Responsible Use Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Jim Saxton R-NJ

Latest action · Feb 26, 2001 Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Personal Watercraft Responsible Use Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to withhold up to ten percent of grants made to a coastal State for development and administration of a management program for the land and water resources of its coastal zone in each fiscal year unless such State implements certain enforceable policies prohibiting a person from operating a personal watercraft in excess of no-wake speed in its coastal waters. Requires a coastal State's management program to include provisions that designate sensitive areas of its coast with respect to the enforcement of such policies in such areas.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish certain guidelines and standards for the operation of personal watercraft, consistent with the enforceable policies, in the national boating safety program. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make recreational boating law enforcement grants to States that have: (1) implemented a recreational boating safety program incorporating the national guidelines and standards for personal watercraft; and (2) adopted the enforceable policies under this Act, if the State is a coastal State.

Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make grants to States to support the activities of collaborative task forces to minimize conflicts between personal watercraft and other recreational and commercial users.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2001 to Jul 16, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		May 15, 2001
D-CO	Mark Udall		Jun 7, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Jun 13, 2001
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jul 10, 2001
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jul 17, 2001
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Aug 2, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink		Sep 6, 2001
D-CA	George Miller		Jul 16, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Feb 14, 2001
	Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee	Referred Feb 15, 2001
	Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee	Referred Feb 15, 2001
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Feb 14, 2001
	Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee	Referred Feb 26, 2001

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 26, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Feb 26, 2001Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
Feb 15, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 15, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-32	RECREATIONAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC LANDS130 pages	Natural Resources Committee	May 23, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To encourage the safe and responsible use of personal watercraft, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Personal Watercraft Responsible Use Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House

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