S 1340 · 113th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

Cruise Passenger Protection Act

Introduced 2013-07-23· Sponsored by Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-488.(2014-07-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Cruise Passenger Protection Act - Amends federal shipping law to direct the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to develop standards for passenger vessel owners to provide passengers with a summary of key terms of passage contracts upfront and before they are binding. Requires such standards to include recommendations that ensure that the summary is conspicuous and unambiguous. Requires vessel owners, no later than 180 days after the standards are developed, to: (1) provide each passenger vessel with a summary meeting those standards, (2) include a link to each website the owner maintains for passengers to purchase or book passage on a passenger vessel, and (3) include the summary in promotional literature or advertising. Applies this Act to passenger vessels that: (1) carry at least 250 passengers, (2) have sleeping facilities for each passenger, (3) are on a voyage that embarks or disembarks passengers in the United States, (4) are not engaged in coastwise trade, and (5) are not federal- or state-owned. Directs the Secretary to establish a toll-free hotline and website for passenger complaints. Prescribes both civil and criminal penalties for persons who violate the requirements of…

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Cosponsors (3)

3 Democrats