Maritime Services Financial Responsibility Act of 1986

Summary

Maritime Services Financial Responsibility Act of 1986 - Requires owners of foreign vessels engaged in foreign commerce and using U.S. ports to establish and maintain financial responsibility for claims arising from the furnishing of maritime services to those vessels. Describes the financial responsibility required and sets forth restrictions on the acceptance of bonds filed by such owners. Permits claims to be brought directly against the insurer or other person providing financial responsibility in any case where jurisdiction over such a vessel cannot be obtained under U.S. law. Sets forth fines and sanctions to which owners subject themselves for noncompliance with this Act, including port entry or clearance denial in appropriate cases.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 January 1986

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.