Re: $800.00 permit. All Boats!! Every Year!!!
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It was ment for tanker balast water and and the issue was forced buy a court ruleing to all boats
As of now the repeal has passed through both houses with the clock ticking that they will get it through before they have summer vaction
"A lot of good things have happened in the last 2 weeks.
* First, on May 15, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 5949 "The Clean Boating Act of 2008." This bill, introduced by Rep. LaTourette (R-OH) only fifteen days prior, has the same language as S. 2766, "The Clean Boating Act of 2008," introduced in March by Senators Boxer (D-CA) and Nelson (D-FL). The House bill was voted out of the Committee without amendment and is headed to a full House Vote.
* Second, on May 21, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted on S. 2766 "The Clean Boating Act of 2008," and passed it out of Committee without amendment. This bill is now headed to a full Senate vote.
* These are both FANTASTIC developments, and it means we've jumped two big hurdles in the last two weeks- hurdles we could not have jumped without your loud grassroots voices!
Where does that leave us?
We still have a long way to go, and we still need your help- all we can muster- to pass this legislation for recreational boating.
* Time is running out- the permit deadline is in about four months. Congress has a week recess for Memorial Day and July 4, and four weeks in August.
* We need to get S. 2766/H.R. 5949 to a full Senate and full House vote during June or July.
* We need more cosponsors on the bills, and we need to secure more YES votes on behalf of recreational boating from both Senators and Representatives."
