[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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