Considers. H.R. 4783, to grant retirement credit to members of the Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard for the period in which the Reserve was abolished. S. 3016, to revise shipping load limit regulations and administration. S. 2107, to revise Coast Guard administrative regulations to put Coast Guard on equal status with other military services.

For anyone who owns a boat, this is the handbook for you. Included are all of the official government rules and regulations that must be followed by anyone out on the water. This book will prepare you for head?on situations, avoiding collisions, using, distress signals, and will inform you of all the up?to?date water regulations. Whether you?re in a jam or just relaxing at sea, Navigation Rules will teach and prepare you for anything and everything you may encounter while on your boat.

The International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 2000 (2000 HSC Code) applies to craft for which the keels are laid, or which are at a similar stage of construction, on or after 1 July 2002. The application of the both HSC Codes is mandatory under chapter X of the SOLAS Convention. This edition incorporates amendments that were adopted in 2004 and 2006.--Publisher's description.

This publication contains the text of guidelines for inert gas systems and relevant IMO documents on inert gas systems and supersedes the publication 860 83.15.E.