A bill to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to require alerting and locating equipment, including emergency position indicating radio beacons, on United States uninspected vessels, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends safety equipment requirements of Federal maritime law to require that each uninspected vessel operating on the high seas or on the Great Lakes be equipped with the prescribed number and type of alerting and locating equipment, including emergency position indicating radio beacons. (Current law applies similar requirements only on fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessels.) Increases the civil penalty which may be imposed for violation of this and other statutes and regulations relating to uninspected vessels.…