Protecting Jobs in American Ports Act

Bill: 117-s-1994
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-06-09
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Licensing and registrations

Marine and inland water transportation

Navigation, waterways, harbors
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Protecting Jobs in American Ports Act</strong></p> <p>This bill allows a foreign-built vessel that transports passengers between U.S. ports and places to obtain an endorsement that entitles the vessel to engage in coastwise trade. To obtain the endorsement under current law, a vessel that transports passengers between domestic locations generally must be built in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1994 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 9, 2021 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To enable passenger vessels that were not built in the United States to receive coastwise endorsement, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Jobs in American Ports Act . 2. Coastwise endorsement for passenger vessels (a) In general Section 12112(a)(2)(B) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (2) in clause (iii), by striking ; and and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iv) is a vessel that transports passengers between ports or places in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port; and . (b) Conforming amendment Section 12121 of title 46, United States Code, is repealed. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in the amendments made by this section shall be construed to exempt a vessel that transports passengers between ports or places in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port, from any applicable law of the United States except as explicitly provided in such amendments.