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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 1129 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. · Sec. 312

Sec. 312. Visual distress signals and alternative use

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The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall develop a performance standard for the alternative use and possession of visual distress signals as mandated by carriage requirements for recreational boats in subpart C of part 175 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations. Not later than 180 days after the performance standard for alternative use and possession of a visual distress signal is finalized, the Secretary shall revise part 175 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, to allow for carriage of such alternative signal devices.
In revising the regulations under subsection (b), the Secretary shall allow use of a position indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) or Personal Locating Devices
(PLBs)of 406 megahertz, operating on the COSPAS–SARSAT system to meet the alternative carriage requirements for recreational boats under subpart C of part 175 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations.
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