CRUISE Integrity Act

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00 2020-04-24 Introduced in House 2020-06-12T14:08:50Z Cruise Reform and Uniform Industry Standards Evoke Integrity Act or the CRUISE Integrity Act

This bill establishes requirements for cruise lines to receive federal funds and federal assistance, including a direct loan, loan guarantee, or tax credit.

The bill prohibits cruise lines from receiving federal funds and federal assistance unless such cruise lines

are incorporated in the United States;
have at least 50% of vessels registered in the United States;
certify compliance with certain requirements, including that they are in compliance with all applicable environmental dumping laws;
offer full reimbursement to passengers for cancellations related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019);
agree not to use funds to purchase an equity security, pay dividends or other capital investments until one year after the date the loans are repaid in full; and
develop a plan to reduce total emissions of such cruise line of carbon, methane, nitrogen oxides, and Black Carbon, including by reducing the use of heavy fuel oil and exhaust gas systems.

Additionally, the bill (1) establishes a program to require monitoring and inspections of the compliance of cruise vessels with environmental standards; (2) prohibits a cruise vessel departing from or calling on a port of the United States from discharging sewage, graywater, bilge water, or exhaust gas scrubber effluent into navigable waters and territorial seas, with specified exceptions; (3) increases civil penalties for violations; and (4) sets forth medical standards for cruise vessels.

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CRUISE Integrity Act Display Title CRUISE Integrity Act Official Title as Introduced To establish requirements for cruise lines to receive Federal funds and Federal assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced CRUISE Integrity Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Cruise Reform and Uniform Industry Standards Evoke Integrity Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6625ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6625ih.xml 2020-04-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.