Search Results: keywords:"foreign ports"

  • S. 4540 — To enable passenger vessels that were not built in the United States to receive coastwise endorsement, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:346

    S. 4540 aims to allow passenger vessels that were not built in the United States to receive coastwise endorsements, which enable them to transport passengers between U.S. ports, including those accessed via foreign ports. This bill modifies section 12112(a)(2)(B) of the...

    Simple Explanation

    S. 4540 is like a special permission slip letting ships not made in the US carry people from one US port to another, even if they make stops in other countries. These ships still have to follow all other rules unless the new rule says they don't.

  • S. 4538 — To adjust certain ownership and other requirements for passenger vessels, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:736

    S. 4538, known as the “Open America's Ports Act,” aims to change ownership and operational rules for passenger vessels in the U.S. by repealing the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886. It modifies certain sections of the United States Code to allow vessels to transport...

    Simple Explanation

    S. 4538, the “Open America's Ports Act,” is about letting passenger boats travel between U.S. places, even through other countries, with fewer rules. It changes old laws so these boats don't have to meet certain citizenship or Navy rules anymore.