Alaska Tourism Restoration Extension Act

Summary

Alaska Tourism Restoration Extension Act This bill extends for one year the authority for specified foreign-owned and -flagged cruise ships to transport passengers directly between ports in the states of Washington and Alaska without stopping in Canada. Under current law, these ships cannot transport passengers from one U.S. port to another without stopping in a foreign country. The bill applies to any foreign voyage that begins any date prior to February 28, 2023, on which Canada prohibits a vessel from berthing or docking in Canadian waters of the Pacific Coast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Timeline

1. 18 February 2022

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 February 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 February 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 22 February 2022

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 18 February 2022 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 February 2022

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 February 2022

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 February 2022

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Sponsors

• DON YOUNG · R · Sponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing
• · hsju00 · Standing
• · hswm00 · Standing

Related records

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