[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1771 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1771

To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985 to clarify 
    that the fee for providing customs services in connection with 
passengers arriving on commercial vessels making a single voyage may be 
  collected only one time from each passenger, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 1996

 Mr. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985 to clarify 
    that the fee for providing customs services in connection with 
passengers arriving on commercial vessels making a single voyage may be 
  collected only one time from each passenger, 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. FEES FOR CERTAIN CUSTOMS SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``a place'' after 
        ``aircraft from''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subsection 
        (b)(1)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)''.
    (b) Limitation on Fees.--Section 13031(b)(1) of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(1)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Limitations on Fees.--(1)(A) No fee may be charged under 
subsection (a) of this section for customs services provided in 
connection with--
            ``(i) the arrival of any passenger whose journey--
                    ``(I) originated in--
                            ``(aa) Canada,
                            ``(bb) Mexico,
                            ``(cc) a territory or possession of the 
                        United States, or
                            ``(dd) any adjacent island (within the 
                        meaning of section 101(b)(5) of the Immigration 
                        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(5))), or
                    ``(II) originated in the United States and was 
                limited to--
                            ``(aa) Canada,
                            ``(bb) Mexico,
                            ``(cc) territories and possessions of the 
                        United States, and
                            ``(dd) such adjacent islands;
            ``(ii) the arrival of any railroad car the journey of which 
        originates and terminates in the same country, but only if no 
        passengers board or disembark from the train and no cargo is 
        loaded or unloaded from such car while the car is within any 
        country other than the country in which such car originates and 
        terminates;
            ``(iii) the arrival of any ferry; or
            ``(iv) the arrival of any passenger on board a commercial 
        vessel traveling only between ports which are within the 
        customs territory of the United States.
    ``(B) The exemption provided for in subparagraph (A) shall not 
apply in the case of the arrival of any passenger on board a commercial 
vessel whose journey originates and terminates at the same place in the 
United States if there are no intervening stops.
    ``(C) The exemption provided for in subparagraph (A)(i) shall not 
apply to fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.''.
    (c) Fee Assessed Only Once.--Section 13031(b)(4) of the 
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
        (i) and (ii), respectively;
            (2) by striking ``No fee'' and inserting ``(A) No fee''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) In the case of a commercial vessel making a single voyage 
involving 2 or more United States ports with respect to which the 
passengers would otherwise be charged a fee pursuant to subsection 
(a)(5), such fee shall be charged only 1 time for each passenger.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the amendments made by section 521 of the 
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.
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