Safer Seas Act
Latest action · Mar 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
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 28, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safer Seas Act
This bill addresses sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. maritime industry.
Among other provisions, the bill
- requires the U.S. Coast Guard to revoke or suspend a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's document to an individual who has been convicted of sexual assault within the previous 10 years and to revoke or suspend such credentials to an individual who has been convicted of sexual harassment within the previous 5 years;
- provides protection of seaman against discrimination for those who report or intend to report sexual assault or sexual harassment incidents;
- directs the Coast Guard to promulgate regulations related to possession and consumption of alcohol by crewmembers aboard documented vessels;
- requires non-passenger carrying, ocean-going, commercial vessels to install and maintain a video surveillance system with audio capability in areas adjacent to bedrooms and limit access to the surveillance to law enforcement officials and victims of sexual assault or sexual harassment; and
- creates new reporting mandates and procedures for crew and vessel owners to report sexual assault or sexual harassment.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2022 to May 27, 2022; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Feb 28, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Mar 1, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Mar 2, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Mar 2, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 27, 2022 |
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 28, 2022 |
| Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2022 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Feb 28, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2022Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 36, February 28, 2022, page H1176.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 46, United States Code, to provide for certain protections against sexual harassment and sexual assault, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Safer Seas Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
