S 1992
117th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Citizenship and naturalization
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation employees
Visas and passports
Open America's Ports Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Open America's Ports Act
This bill allows foreign vessels to transport passengers between U.S. ports and places. (Under current law, such vessels generally must be built in the United States and owned and crewed by U.S. citizens.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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