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Alaska Tourism Restoration Act

Introduced: March 4, 2021 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 2021
Held at the desk.
May 17, 2021
Received in the House.
May 17, 2021
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 13, 2021
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2510)
May 13, 2021
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2510)
May 13, 2021
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2510-2512)
May 13, 2021
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 4, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 4, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Alaska Tourism Restoration Act

This bill temporarily allows specific foreign-owned and foreign-flagged cruise ships to transport passengers directly between ports in the states of Washington and Alaska without stopping in Canada. Under current law, these ships cannot transport passengers from one U.S. port to another without stopping in a foreign country.

The bill deems a round trip voyage between ports in the states of Washington and Alaska as a foreign voyage if (1) during the voyage, the operators of such voyage send U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency an email containing the names of each alien crew member with a valid nonimmigrant work visa; and (2) the voyage begins not later than February 28, 2022. The operators of these voyages must also retain a COVID-19 Conditional Sailing Certificate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Authority to conduct these voyages shall terminate on March 31, 2022, or when Canada lifts its COVID-related restrictions, whichever occurs first. Voyages may not occur during any period for which the CDC has issued an order to suspend cruise ship operations.

The bill also directs the Department of Transportation to require, through regulations, the installation of automated external defibrillators on passenger vessels (including cruise ships).

What's happening now May 17, 2021

Held at the desk.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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