<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>memorializing Congress to effect change in U.S. Coast Guard law relating to fishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>guides.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, Minnesota's tourism industry and businesses support licensing and oversight <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>to ensure public safety on Minnesota's lakes and rivers; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>WHEREAS, leisure and hospitality is an $11.2 billion industry in Minnesota that accounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>for 16 percent of Minnesota's state sales tax and provides over 245,000 full-time and part-time <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>jobs; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>WHEREAS, Minnesota has over 500 guides who take anglers on inland navigable waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>and hundreds of resorts and businesses that offer casual boat and pontoon rides to their guests; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>WHEREAS, the U.S. Coast Guard's qualifications for licensing of an operator of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>uninspected passenger vessel, also known as the "six-pack" license, was not designed for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>most inland lakes or rivers nor for small vessels such as 16- to 20-foot outboard boats; NOW, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>THEREFORE,<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that Congress should <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>speedily enact legislation requiring the U.S. Coast Guard to develop licensing appropriate to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>smaller vessels operating on inland waters and to establish interim enforcement that addresses <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>safety issues without penalizing small vessel operators for issues that do not relate to inland lakes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>States, the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>the United States House of Representatives, the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.<br />
         		
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