b'(includingany reserve buoyancy requirementactivated by the warning alarm device offlotationandseatbeltrequirements, thatmaybeissued)isprohibitedfromthe National Weather Service. verifyingtheintegrityofthevesselat operating on waters under federal jurisdiction the onset of each waterborne departure,inform passengers that seat belts may notidentification of weather hazards, use ofUnlikethebillasintroduced,thereisnobe worn during waterborne operations; National Weather Service resources prior directive for the Coast Guard to issue a ruleto operation, and response to emergency that would require reserve passive buoyancy tobeforethecommencementofsituations,includingflooding,engine keep an amphibious vehicle afloat and uprightwaterborneoperations,acrewmembercompartmentfires,manoverboard in the event of flooding. Instead, the amendedvisuallycheckthateachpassengerhassituations, and in water emergency egress bill takes note of an analysis of this issue tounbuckled the passengers seatbelt; procedures.be performed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and gives maintain a log recording the seat belt In addition, the Coast Guard is directed to the Coast Guard the discretionary authorityannouncementandthevisualcheckofconsider the recommendations contained in toissueareservepassivebuoyancymandateseat belts. priorCoastGuard andNTSB reportson after receiving the results of the NAS studyamphibious vehicle casualties in Hot Springs, (existing law already enables the Coast Guard provide annual training for operatorsTableRock,andSeattle(eventhoughlatter to propose such a requirement). and crew, including training for personalevent was an on-road casualty). Within 90 days of enactment, the Coast Guard is to put in place interim policies to require an operator of an amphibious vehicle to: Remove a canopy during waterborne operations,or,inthealternativeinstall acanopythatdoesnotrestricteither horizontal or vertical escape by passengers; Ifthecanopyisremovedduring waterborne operations, require passengers todonaCoastGuardtype-approved personal flotation device; Installatleastoneindependently-poweredelectricbilgepumpthatis capable of dewatering such vessels at the volume of the last remaining penetration this will supplement the vessels existing required bilge pump or pumps; and Verify the watertight integrity of such vessel in the water at the onset of each waterborne departure of such vessel. Within two years of enactment, the Coast Guard is to issue regulations that the operator of an amphibious vehicle: check and notate in the vessels logbook theNationalWeatherServiceforecast before getting underway and periodically while underway; proceed to the nearest harbor or safe refugewheneverthereisawatchor warningforwindspeedsexceedingtheIMTRA COLORS 201613228 8,98]wind speed equivalent used to certify the vehicles stability; Primary UseSecondary UseThe Trusted Source for Quality Systems maintainandmonitoraweather monitorradioreceiverattheoperatorTHRUSTERSLIGHTINGSEATINGDOORSTRIM CONTROLWIPERSCONTROLSstationthatmaybeautomaticallywww.imtra.comBlue Pantone 647 Pantone Cool Gray 7 Pantone Cool Gray 2 Black Pantone 368 Pantone 62996C 54M 5Y 27K 20C 14M 12Y 40K 5C 3M 5Y 11K 0C 0M 0Y 100K 65C 0M 100Y 0K 36C 0M 9Y 0KDEC 2020 33 LEGISLATIVE REPORT'