United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 441 (101st)
Merchant Mariner Memorial Act of 1988
Introduced
4 January 1989
Last action
3 February 1989 · Referred
Status
Executive Comment Requested from DOT.
Sponsors
Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2]
Subjects
Defence, Transport
Source updated
26 August 2025
Summary
Merchant Mariner Memorial Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to convey the right, title, and interest of the United States in vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet to nonprofit organizations for use in funding merchant marine memorials, provided the vessels have no usefulness to the Government and are scheduled to be scrapped and the organizations agree to sell the vessels for scrap, divide the proceeds, and use them for the memorial. Requires organizations to have raised a minimum amount from non-Federal sources before enactment of this Act in order to participate in the sale. Limits an organization to one grant under this Act. Terminates this Act two years after enactment.
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Timeline
4 January 1989
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 February 1989
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from DOT.
Source: Committee
3 February 1989
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · — · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 4 January 1989
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Sponsors
- Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Merchant Mariner Memorial Act of 1990
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/441
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/hr/441
- us · 101-hr-441 · source updated 26 August 2025