Search Results: keywords:"u.s. 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.

  • S. 4544 — To exempt large cruise ships from certain requirements applicable to passenger vessels, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:738

    S. 4544 proposes to allow large cruise ships, those with 800 or more passenger berths, to be exempt from certain requirements under the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA) and the Jones Act. This means these cruise ships would not have to comply with some domestic...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill lets really big cruise ships, the ones that can fit 800 or more people, skip some rules when traveling between places in the U.S., and it talks about what paperwork workers need to leave the ship for a bit when they stop. But it doesn't change any other laws, unless it says so.