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HR 5707 109th Congress House

Cruise Line Accurate Safety Statistics Act

Official title: To require the owner of a cruise ship that calls at a port in the United States to report to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operat… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the owner of a cruise ship that calls at a port in the United States to report to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating crimes that occur on the cruise ship in which a citizen of the United States was a victim, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 6, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jun 29, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jun 28, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jun 28, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 29, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cruise Line Accurate Safety Statistics Act - Requires the owner of a cruise ship that calls at a U.S. port to report to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating each: (1) crime that occurred on the cruise ship in which a U.S. citizen was a victim; (2) incident on a cruise ship in which a U.S. citizen was missing or reported overboard for four hours or more; and (3) crime and incident that occurred on the cruise ship in the preceding three-month period. Requires the Secretary to make such information available to the public, including on a site on the Internet.

Directs the Secretary to inspect each cruise ship that enters a U.S. port to determine whether such ship has adequate equipment and trained personnel to investigate such crimes.

Requires a cruise line that sells a ticket for carriage of an individual on a cruise ship that will call at a U.S. port to: (1) refer such individual to the Internet site before selling the ticket; and (2) provide the individual with the name of each country the cruise ship will visit, as well as the locations of each U.S. embassy and consulate in such country.

Sets forth civil penalties for persons that violate the requirements of this Act.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 1
CASTLE, MICHAEL
· Sep 14, 2006
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Sep 12, 2006
SHADEGG, JOHN
· Sep 12, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Sep 6, 2006
MOLLOHAN, ALAN
· Sep 6, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5707: Cruise Line Accurate Safety Statistics Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5707/
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