Top Summary
This section of the US bill requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to provide data on ballast water management systems with type approval certificates, including information on challenge and post-treatment water quality and biologic organism concentrations, upon request by states, territories, or Indian tribes, unless prohibited by law. It also updates the table of contents of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 to include this new section.
Original Bill Text:
SEC. 904.Information on type approval certificates.
“Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall, upon request by any State, the District of Columbia, any Indian Tribe, or any territory of the United States, provide all data possessed by the Coast Guard for a ballast water management system with a type approval certificate approved by the Coast Guard pursuant to subpart 162.060 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 pertaining to—
“(1) challenge water (as defined in section 162.060–3 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025) quality characteristics;
“(2) post-treatment water quality characteristics;
“(3) challenge water (as defined in section 162.060–3 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025) biologic organism concentrations data; and
“(4) post-treatment water biologic organism concentrations data.”.
(b) Clerical amendment.—The table of contents for the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 903 the following:
“Sec. 904. Information on type approval certificates.”.