H.R. 4376: Brianna Lieneck Boating Safety Act of 2023

This bill requires the Coast Guard to study and report to Congress on recreational vessel operator training. The study must include a review of Coast Guard Auxiliary and Power Squadron training programs, existing state boating education programs, and other recreational vessel operator training programs.

The report must analyze, among other topics,

• minimum standards for education of recreational vessel operators;
• how a federal training and testing program can be harmonized with state programs;
• how the Coast Guard would administer a federal boating education, training, and testing program; and
• the extent to which a federal boating education, training, and testing program should be required for all waters of a state.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.