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106TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 106-531
VESSEL MN MIST COVE
MARCH 21, 2000.-Referred to the Private Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3903]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 3903) to deem the vessel MV MIST
COVE to be less than 100 gross tons, as measured under chapter
145 of title 46, United States Code, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF BILL
The primary purpose of H.R. 3903 is to deem the MN MIST
COVE to be less than 100 gross tons, as measured under chapter
145 of title 46, United States Code, for purposes of applying the op-
tional regulatory measurement under section 14305 of title 46. This
will require the MIST COVE to comply with current safety require-
ments applicable to small passenger vessels. The bill also includes
a restriction that the vessel may not be larger than 157 feet.
The Boat Company, a nonprofit company, operates two converted
ex-Navy minesweepers, the MN OBSERVER and the M/V
LISERON, in Southeast Alaska during the summer season. They
carry passengers on six to nine-day trips combining wildlife view-
ing with fishing. The Boat Company is building a new vessel, the
MIST COVE, that is a replica of the OBSERVER and LISERON.
The MIST COVE is 157 feet in length, and will have a maximum
passenger capacity of 25 passengers. The vessel is under construc-
tion in Panama City, Florida, by Eastern Shipbuilding.
Vessel safety requirements are based upon, among other things,
the tonnage of a vessel. There are two systems for measuring the
tonnage of a vessel, the regulatory measurement system (domestic)
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