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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6558 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the period 
of time for which a conditional permit to land temporarily may be 
granted to an alien seafarer engaged in ship-to-ship cargo transfer oper-
ations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2020 
Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. YOUNG, and 
Mr. CLOUD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending 
the period of time for which a conditional permit to 
land temporarily may be granted to an alien seafarer 
engaged in ship-to-ship cargo transfer operations, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Landing Pass Exten-
sion Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR A CONDITIONAL PERMIT 
TO LAND TEMPORARILY. 
Section 252 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1282(a)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(a) No alien crew-
man’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(1) No alien crew-
man’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he may’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the immigration officer may’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘his discretion’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the immigration officer’s discre-
tion’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), re-
spectively; 
(C) in subparagraph (A), as redesig-
nated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘twenty–nine’’ and in-
serting ‘‘29’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘the crew-
man’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
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(D) in subparagraph (B), as redesig-
nated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘twenty-nine’’ and in-
serting ‘‘29’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such 
term appears and inserting ‘‘the crew-
man’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘one’’ and inserting 
‘‘vessel or aircraft’’; and 
(iv) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) 180 days, if the immigration officer is 
satisfied that the crewman intends to depart, 
within the period for which the crewman is per-
mitted to land, on a vessel other than the vessel 
on which the crewman arrived and that the 
crewman will perform ship-to-ship cargo trans-
fer operations to or from any other vessel en-
gaged in foreign trade. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the period of admission for an alien who is a 
nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(C) in imme-
diate and continuous transit through the United 
States to a vessel performing ship-to-ship cargo 
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transfer operations shall be up to, but shall not ex-
ceed, 180 days.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’. 
Æ 
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