[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 74 (Thursday, April 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S2384]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1491. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 593, to restrict the imposition by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security of fines, penalties, duties, or tariffs applicable 
only to coastwise voyages, or prohibit otherwise qualified non-United 
States citizens from serving as crew, on specified vessels transporting 
passengers between the State of Washington and the State of Alaska, to 
address a Canadian cruise ship ban and the extraordinary impacts of the 
COVID-19 pandemic on Alaskan communities, and for other purposes; which 
was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; 
as follows:

        Strike section 2 and all that follows and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 2. VOYAGES DEEMED FOREIGN.

        Any voyage carrying 800 or more passengers between the 
     State of Washington and the State of Alaska shall be deemed a 
     foreign voyage for purposes of the law of the United States 
     for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 
     and ending on October 1, 2021.
  

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