legislation: 95-hr-12803

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bill_id	congress	bill_type	bill_number	title	policy_area	introduced_date	latest_action_date	latest_action_text	origin_chamber	sponsor_name	sponsor_state	sponsor_party	sponsor_bioguide_id	cosponsor_count	summary_text	update_date	url
95-hr-12803	95	hr	12803	Tanker Safety Improvement Act	Transportation and Public Works	1978-05-19	1978-05-19	Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.	House	Rep. Whitehurst, G. William [R-VA-2]	VA	R	W000406	1	Tanker Safety Improvement Act - Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to require that vessels subject to such Act be constructed and operated using the best available pollution prevention technology. Requires that vessels of more than 20,000 deadweight tons which are documented under the laws of the United States and engaged in the carriage of oil in bulk to ports of the United States and for which construction is contracted for or begun after January 1, 1978, be equipped with a segregated ballast capacity.	2025-09-02T17:10:45Z

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