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...
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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.