Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Feb 24, 2021
Step 2
Referred
Feb 25, 2021
T&I
Step 3
Committee
May 20, 2021
Step 4
House floor
May 20, 2021
Passed House
Step 5
Senate
May 20, 2021
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
May 24, 2021
SummaryCRS Summary
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 th...
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Timeline · 13 actions
May 24, 2021
Presented to President.
May 24, 2021
Signed by President.
May 24, 2021
Became Public Law No: 117-14.
May 20, 2021
Mr. DeFazio asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
May 20, 2021
Committee on Transportation discharged.
May 20, 2021
Considered by unanimous consent.
May 20, 2021
On passage Passed without objection.
May 20, 2021
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 20, 2021
Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
May 20, 2021
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Feb 25, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced in House
Feb 24, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.