Landing Pass Extension Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6558
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2020-04-17
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures

Licensing and registrations

Marine and inland water transportation

Transportation employees
Latest action: action_date: 2020-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Landing Pass Extension Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill allows a qualified alien crew member of a vessel to obtain a permit to land temporarily in the United States for up to 180 days, where currently such permits generally do not allow for stays exceeding 29 days.</p> <p>Specifically, an immigration officer may grant a crew member a 180-day landing permit if the officer is satisfied that the crew member (1) intends to depart within the prescribed period on a vessel other than the vessel the crew member arrived on, and (2) will perform ship-to-ship cargo transfer operations to or from a vessel engaged in foreign trade. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6558 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 Committee 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Landing Pass Extension Act of 2020 . 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 crewman and inserting (a)(1) No alien crewman ; (ii) by striking he may and inserting the immigration officer may ; and (iii) by striking his discretion and inserting the immigration officer’s discretion ; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; (C) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated— (i) by striking twenty–nine and inserting 29 ; (ii) by striking he each place such term appears and inserting the crewman ; and (iii) by striking or at the end; (D) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated— (i) by striking twenty-nine and inserting 29 ; (ii) by striking he each place such term appears and inserting the crewman ; (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 permitted to land, on a vessel other than the vessel on which the crewman arrived and that the crewman will perform ship-to-ship cargo transfer operations to or from any other vessel engaged 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 immediate and continuous transit through the United States to a vessel performing ship-to-ship cargo transfer operations shall be up to, but shall not exceed, 180 days. ; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking subsection (a)(1) and inserting subsection (a)(1)(A) .