HR 5257 · 102th Congress · Transportation and Public Works
United States-Flag Passenger Vessel Act of 1992
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.(1992-09-23)
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United States - Flag Passenger Vessel Act of 1992 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to prohibit a passenger from being transported on a covered passenger voyage (a voyage of a vessel from a State or U.S. possession to a point outside of such State or possession and during which the passenger does not disembark to a foreign country, or between points in the United States, either directly or by way of a foreign port) in any other vessel than one built and documented under U.S. laws, with specified exceptions. Sets forth a civil penalty of $1,000 per passenger transported in violation of this prohibition.…
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Cosponsors (15)
12 Democrats3 Republicans