[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1366-S1367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 1314. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr.
Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters,
Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319,
to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 7105. VOYAGE DEEMED TO BE FOREIGN.
(a) Criteria.--A roundtrip voyage transporting passengers
between a port or place in the State of Alaska and a port or
place in the State of Washington is deemed a foreign voyage
for purposes of the law of the United States, if the voyage--
(1) is made by a passenger vessel to which sections 3507
and 3508 of title 46, United State Code, apply; and
(2) occurs during the period described in subsection (b).
(b) Duration of Applicability.--A voyage deemed to be a
foreign voyage under subsection (a) is a voyage which begins
not later than any date prior to February 28, 2022, on which
the Government of Canada or its political subdivisions, or
any port or province in Canada, prohibits a passenger vessel
to which sections 3507 and 3508 of title 46, United State
Code, apply from entering, berthing, or docking in Canadian
waters of the Pacific Coast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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