To amend title 46, United States Code, to require reporting of complaints of sexual offenses on documented vessels and to amend the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to establish a criminal penalty for assaulting or interfering with observers and supplementary observers.

Summary

Amends provisions of Federal law relating to protection and relief of merchant seamen to require an individual in charge of a documented vessel to report to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating a complaint of a sexual offense prohibited under provisions of Federal criminal law relating to sexual abuse. Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to make it unlawful to assault or interfere with an observer on a vessel under the Act. Adds such actions to provisions listing criminal offenses and their punishments.

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Timeline

1. 23 March 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

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2. 23 March 1989

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 March 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 10 April 1989

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.

   Source: Committee

5. 10 April 1989

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Commerce and DOT.

   Source: Committee

6. 19 September 1989

   Committee

   Some Provisions Incorporated in H.R.2061

   Source: Committee

7. 12 December 1989

   Committee

   See H.R.2459.

   Source: Committee

8. 28 November 1990

   Committee

   See H.R.2061.

   Source: Committee

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Sponsors

• Rep. Unsoeld, Jolene [D-WA-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Miller, John R. [R-WA-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [R-LA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsmm00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Fishery Conservation Amendments of 1990
• related to ← Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1989