I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 619 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2017 Mr. Chabot (for himself, Mr. Clay , Mr. Blum , Mr. Smith of Missouri , Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. Sanford , Mr. Renacci , Mr. Cohen , and Mr. Johnson of Ohio ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials and for other purposes.