RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE GLOBAL MARINE DISTRESS SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS) PROJECT THAT THE GOVERNMENT ENTERED INTO IN 1998 WITH THOMSON CSF NCS OF FRANCE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INSTALLED AND ACTIVATED AT PRESENT, AND WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED SEA MISHAPS SUCH AS THE M/V PRINCESS OF THE STARS DISASTER

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES, IN COOPERATION WITH THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT PRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENT TO INSTALL A GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS), AND TO TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO EXPEDITE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GMDSS PROJECT