Alaska Tourism Restoration Extension Act
Bill: S.3683 | Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK)
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Alaska Tourism Restoration Extension Act
This bill extends for one year the authority for specified foreign-owned and -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 applies to any foreign voyage that begins any date prior to February 28, 2023, on which Canada prohibits a vessel from berthing or docking in Canadian waters of the Pacific Coast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To amend the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act to revise the authority for 
  voyages deemed to have made a stop in a port or place of Canada and 
   deemed a foreign voyage for the purposes of the law of the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Tourism Restoration Extension 
Act''.

SEC. 2. VOYAGES DEEMED FOREIGN.

    (a) Definitions.--Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Alaska Tourism 
Restoration Act (Public Law 117-14) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Covered cruise ship.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `covered cruise ship' 
                means a vessel carrying passengers for hire that--
                            ``(i) is listed in subparagraph (B); or
                            ``(ii) only in the event that a vessel 
                        listed in subparagraph (B) experiences a 
                        mechanical or operational issue, is determined 
                        by the Secretary of the department in which the 
                        Coast Guard is operating to take the place of 
                        such vessel as a direct substitute of such 
                        vessel.
                    ``(B) List.--A vessel listed in this subparagraph 
                is any of the following:
                            ``(i) Queen Elizabeth (IMO number 9477438).
                            ``(ii) Eurodam (IMO number 9378448).
                            ``(iii) Koningsdam (IMO number 9692557).
                            ``(iv) Nieuw Amsterdam (IMO number 
                        9378450).
                            ``(v) Noordam (IMO number 9230115).
                            ``(vi) Westerdam (IMO number 9226891).
                            ``(vii) Zuiderdam (IMO number 9221279).
                            ``(viii) Crown Princess (IMO number 
                        9293399).
                            ``(ix) Discovery Princess (IMO number 
                        9837468).
                            ``(x) Grand Princess (IMO number 9104005).
                            ``(xi) Majestic Princess (IMO number 
                        9614141).
                            ``(xii) Royal Princess (IMO number 
                        9584712).
                            ``(xiii) Ruby Princess (IMO number 
                        9378462).
                            ``(xiv) Seabourn Odyssey (IMO number 
                        9417086).
                            ``(xv) Carnival Miracle (IMO number 
                        9237357).
                            ``(xvi) Carnival Spirit (IMO number 
                        9188647).
                            ``(xvii) Carnival Splendor (IMO number 
                        9333163).
                            ``(xviii) L'Austral (IMO number 9502518).
                            ``(xix) Le Boreal (IMO number 9502506).
                            ``(xx) Le Commandant Charcot (IMO number 
                        9846249).
                            ``(xxi) Star Breeze (IMO number 8807997).
                            ``(xxii) Norwegian Bliss (IMO number 
                        9751509).
                            ``(xxiii) Norwegian Encore (IMO number 
                        9751511).
                            ``(xxiv) Norwegian Jewel (IMO number 
                        9304045).
                            ``(xxv) Norwegian Spirit (IMO number 
                        9141065).
                            ``(xxvi) Norwegian Sun (IMO number 
                        9218131).
                            ``(xxvii) Regatta (IMO number 9156474).
                            ``(xxviii) Seven Seas Mariner (IMO number 
                        9210139).
                            ``(xxix) Scenic Eclipse (IMO number 
                        9797371).
                            ``(xxx) SH Minerva (IMO number 9895240).
                            ``(xxxi) Serenity (IMO number 9243667).
                            ``(xxxii) Eclipse (IMO number 9404314).
                            ``(xxxiii) Solstice (IMO number 9362530).
                            ``(xxxiv) Millennium (IMO number 9189419).
                            ``(xxxv) Ovation of the Seas (IMO number 
                        9697753).
                            ``(xxxvi) Quantum of the Seas (IMO number 
                        9549463).
                            ``(xxxvii) Radiance of the Seas (IMO number 
                        9195195).
                            ``(xxxviii) Serenade of the Seas (IMO 
                        number 9228344).
                            ``(xxxix) Silver Muse (IMO number 9784350).
                            ``(xl) Silver Shadow (IMO number 9192167).
                            ``(xli) Silver Wind (IMO number 8903935).
                            ``(xlii) Summit (IMO number 9192387).
                            ``(xliii) Infinity (IMO number 9189421).
                            ``(xliv) Spectrum of the Seas (IMO number 
                        9778856).
                            ``(xlv) Navigator of the Seas (IMO number 
                        9227508).
                            ``(xlvi) Grandeur of the Seas (IMO number 
                        9102978).
                            ``(xlvii) Brilliance of the Seas (IMO 
                        number 9195200).
                            ``(xlviii) Rhapsody of the Seas (IMO number 
                        9116864.
                            ``(xlix) Vision of the Seas (IMO number 
                        9116876).
                            ``(l) Enchantment of the Seas (IMO number 
                        9111802).
                            ``(li) Viking Orion (IMO number 9796250).
                            ``(lii) Roald Amundsen (IMO number 
                        9813072).
                            ``(liii) NG Endurance (IMO number 9842554).
                            ``(liv) NG Orion (IMO number 9273076).
                            ``(lv) NG Resolution (IMO number 9880685).
                            ``(lvi) Ocean Victory (IMO number 9868869).
                            ``(lvii) Hanseatic Inspiration (IMO number 
                        9817145).
                            ``(lviii) Heritage Adventurer (IMO number 
                        9000168).
                            ``(lix) Sylvia Earle (IMO number 9872327).
            ``(2) Passenger for hire.--The term `passenger for hire' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 46, 
        United States Code.''.
    (b) Criteria.--Section 2(b)(2) of the Alaska Tourism Restoration 
Act (Public Law 117-14) is amended by striking ``February 28, 2022'' 
and inserting ``February 28, 2023''.
    (c) Applicability; Duration.--Section 2 of the Alaska Tourism 
Restoration Act (Public Law 117-14) is amended by striking subsections 
(f) and (g) and inserting the following:
    ``(f) Applicability.--This section shall apply only during any 
period during which covered cruise ships are prohibited by the 
Government of Canada, any political subdivision of Canada, or any port 
or province of Canada, from berthing or docking in Canadian waters of 
the Pacific Coast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.''.
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