3.0.0 1992 2022-12-30T21:30:52Z 2022-12-30T21:30:52Z Senate S 2021-06-09 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-09T19:56:52Z Open America's Ports Act 117 2643 S 2021-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Safeguarding American Tourism Act 117 2642 S 2021-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Open America’s Ports Act 117 3873 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS Safeguarding American Tourism Act 117 1998 S 2021-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2021-06-09 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2021-06-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N Transportation and Public Works Citizenship and naturalization Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Licensing and registrations Marine and inland water transportation Navigation, waterways, harbors Transportation employees Visas and passports Transportation and Public Works 00 2021-06-09 Introduced in Senate 2022-07-15T17:55:20Z Open America's Ports Act

This bill allows foreign vessels to transport passengers between U.S. ports and places. (Under current law, such vessels generally must be built in the United States and owned and crewed by U.S. citizens.)

]]> Open America's Ports Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to adjust certain ownership and other requirements for passenger vessels, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Open America's Ports Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Open America's Ports Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1992is/xml/BILLS-117s1992is.xml 2021-06-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 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.