Meeting Materials

2026 Committee Meeting Materials (as of 3/11/2026; items will be added as they become available)

Preliminary Agenda (public copy) for March 12 Meeting

Committee Charges (as of September 2025)

Committee Check-In Meeting Recaps (2026 cycle sessions thru February)

Workshop - Committee Briefing Slides (prepared for 3/10 presentation)

CG-BSX 2025 Results and Strategic Priorities for 2026 (V Gifford presentation, 3/10)

CG-BSX Program Management & Operations (J Decker presentation, 3/10)

NASBLA Strategic Plan Development (presented by Plan group reps, 3/11)

National RBS Strategic Plan 2022-2026

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IR&A 2026 Extension - Monitor/Act on USCG Policy Development

Consensus Recommendations to the US Coast Guard (June 2020)

CG-BSX Policy Letter 23-01, CH-1 (26 Sep 2023), effective Jan. 2024

CG-3865 (exp date 2/21/28; orig 08/24, rev 03/25) (current Coast Guard BAR form)

NASBLA ERAC submission to Docket USCG-2025-0351 (ICR to OMB re BAR collection)

State Guide - Collaborative Opportunity (C Jones presentation, 3/11)

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IR&A 2026-1 Best Practices Development (Incident Reporting)

Incident Reporting Policy Resources (Lighthouse page)

Incident Report Guidance, Data Gathering & Entry (Lighthouse page)

Interim Report on Vessel Ownership Status (Appendix A from 2025 Cycle Summary Report)

Best practices items -- working spreadsheet of items so noted in Consensus Recommendations (2020) 

Starter List of best practices/tools/guidance for review/prioritization

item holdovers for reference from 2025 meeting:

NBSAC Task Statement 2022-04-02 (Aug 2022) re safer rental vessel operation

Coding Issues - 2024 Data - post CG-BSX PL 23-01, CH-1   

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IR&A 2026-2 Reporting System Redesign (Incident Reporting)

BARD Modernization Update (January 2026)

Rebuilding BARD: What's Changing, What's Coming (E Brininger & P Kali presentation, 3/10)

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IR&A 2026-3 - Distraction Data Collection and Evaluation 

Modified HFACS-Lite Form (capturing Inattention/Lookout distraction and Inexperience codes)

From Distraction to Prevention: Incident Insights to Improve Boating Safety - PDF of 3/12/2025 session

Human Performance Investigation in Recreational Boating Incidents (Lighthouse page)

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S&R 2026-1 - 2026 NRBSS--monitor USCG/NORC activity

StoryMap (public facing)

2026 Press Kit

NRBSS (Lighthouse page)

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K&CM 2026-1 - Lighthouse Maintenance and ERAC Product Placement

The NASBLA Lighthouse launch page

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