Bill Title: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-10-27 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 658. [SB1717 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Senator Sherrod Brown [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-OH	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Rob Portman [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OH	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Claire McCaskill [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Boozman [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AR	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator David Vitter [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-LA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tom Cotton [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AR	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Thad Cochran [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MS	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Bill Cassidy [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-LA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Roy Blunt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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