House Proceeding 10-22-09 on Oct 22nd, 2009 :: 1:07:20 to 1:11:50
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1:07:18 to 1:07:38( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: for what purpose gentleman from minnesota rise? mr. oberstar: madam speaker, i have an amendment at the chair: the clerk will de the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report 111-311 offered b minnesota. the chair: pursuant to house rule, the gentleman from

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Speech By: James L. Oberstar

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James L. Oberstar: minnesota, mr. oberstar, and a member opposed each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. oberstar: thank you, madam chair. this amendment makes a number of improvements to the bill, some of which have already been alluded to by other speakers this evening. first we want to impose the

1:08:02 to 1:08:23( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: coast guard around tankers. the coast guard will be required to coordinate, be responsible for enforcing federal security zones established by the coast guard, around vessel containg certain dangerous cargo. it spessfice that the coast guard may not approve of the -- specifies that the coast grd may not approve of the new

1:08:24 to 1:08:45( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: facility, built after date of enactment, it will shift certain dangerous cargo unless there are sufficient resources available to ensure compliance with the facility security it establishes an alternative licensing program for operators of uninspected passenger vessels

1:08:46 to 1:09:06( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: on lake text homea -- texoma. the states, oklahoma and texas, bisect this lake effect. and there's been about a great concern because of the long distance of this lake from the nearest coast guard facility. and concerns of boaters on both sites of the border -- sides of

1:09:07 to 1:09:28( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: the border and they have expressed those concerns to me, to the republican members of the committee, and to mr. cummings. so we have provided for in this amendment -- so what we've provided for in this amendment is an authorization to the coast guard upon the request of the governor of the state of texas

1:09:29 to 1:09:49( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: and the governor of the state of oklahoma to enter into an agreement with the requesting state at which that state will license operators of uninspected vessels operating on lake texoma in lieu of the coast guard, if the planmeets safety environmental protection. the state plan must provide equivalent safety to a coast

1:09:50 to 1:10:11( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: guard issued license and include drug testing, criminal background checks and physical standards for operators. it must also provide for the suspension and revocation for state licenses, for negligent operating standards. i want to be clear about the provisions, i think it's very important. this is a very beneficial

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James L. Oberstar: agreement that we've reached to resolve the concerns of parties on bothides of the border of the lake. we authozed a delegation of authority by the coast guard to do classification societies and we've already had an ample discussion on that matter with mr. petri.

1:10:34 to 1:10:56( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: we require the coast guard to conduct a study on the combination of facial and iris recognition for a nonintrusive coll assist the coast guard in its homeland security admission. we've had some discussion already of that aspect of the manager's amendment. i won't elaborate further. we require the government

1:10:57 to 1:11:18( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: accountability office to investigate and report on a coast -- on the coast guard's efforts to recruit minority candidates to the coast guard academy. the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings, has discussed this and i alluded to it in my general remarks. we also want that assessment to include a report on geographic diversity at the academy and

1:11:19 to 1:11:40( Edit History Discussion )

James L. Oberstar: recommendations for increasing geographic diversity as well as minority diversity. and we established a process in this amendment for access to secure areas for individuals with a pending application for transportation security card which the gentlewoman from

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James L. Oberstar: california has adequately discussed. and uniformed national standard for backgrnd checks for transportation security cards which also has previously been