Coast Guard Safety and Accountability Act
Summary
Coast Guard Safety and Accountability Act This bill requires the U.S. Coast Guard to formally respond in writing to each recommendation about transportation safety from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The response must indicate whether the Coast Guard intends to (1) adopt the complete recommendation, (2) adopt a part of the recommendation, or (3) refuse to adopt the recommendation. The NTSB must make a copy of each recommendation and response available to the public at a reasonable cost.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Last action Feb 4, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
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Committee
3
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Julia Brownley
DDemocratic
Co
Grace F. Napolitano
DDemocratic
Co
John Garamendi
DDemocratic
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