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S. 1464

Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2015

Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2015

Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to:

  • establish standards for determining the maximum passenger capacity for recreational vessels, expressed in the number of passengers and in pounds;
  • require manufacturers and operators of passenger vessels to permanently display such maximum capacity in a legible manner that is clearly visible to passengers; and
  • require operators to post notice of the need to balance vessel weight to avoid capsizing.

Defines a "recreational vehicle" as any vessel that is manufactured or used primarily for pleasure, excluding any vessel that is subject to Coast Guard inspection and engaged in commercial use.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY](D-NY)Sponsor
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

    Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
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    Introduced in Senate

Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2015 — Informed