[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 116 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                               H. R. 116

To limit State authority to regulate certain activities on vessels, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mr. Bilbray introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To limit State authority to regulate certain activities on vessels, 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 ``California Cruise Industry 
Revitalization Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF CERTAIN STATE AUTHORITY OVER VESSELS.

    Section 5(b)(2) of the Act of January 2, 1951 (15 U.S.C. 
1175(b)(2), commonly referred to as the ``Johnson Act'' is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Exclusion of certain voyages and segments.--
                Except for a voyage or segment of a voyage that occurs 
                within the boundaries of the State of Hawaii, a voyage 
                or segment of a voyage is not described in subparagraph 
                (B) if it includes or consists of a segment--
                            ``(i) that begins and ends in the same 
                        State;
                            ``(ii) that is part of a voyage to another 
                        State or to a foreign country; and
                            ``(iii) in which the vessel reaches the 
                        other State or foreign country within 3 days 
                        after leaving the State in which it begins.''.
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