Landing Pass Extension Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6558 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the period of time for which a conditional permit to land temporarily may be granted to an alien seafarer engaged in ship-to-ship cargo transfer oper- ations, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 17, 2020 Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. CLOUD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the period of time for which a conditional permit to land temporarily may be granted to an alien seafarer engaged in ship-to-ship cargo transfer operations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Landing Pass Exten- 4 sion Act of 2020’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:16 Apr 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6558.IH H6558 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6558 IH SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR A CONDITIONAL PERMIT 1 TO LAND TEMPORARILY. 2 Section 252 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 3 (8 U.S.C. 1282(a)) is amended— 4 (1) in subsection (a)— 5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 6 (1)— 7 (i) by striking ‘‘(a) No alien crew- 8 man’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(1) No alien crew- 9 man’’; 10 (ii) by striking ‘‘he may’’ and insert- 11 ing ‘‘the immigration officer may’’; and 12 (iii) by striking ‘‘his discretion’’ and 13 inserting ‘‘the immigration officer’s discre- 14 tion’’; 15 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 16 and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), re- 17 spectively; 18 (C) in subparagraph (A), as redesig- 19 nated— 20 (i) by striking ‘‘twenty–nine’’ and in- 21 serting ‘‘29’’; 22 (ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such 23 term appears and inserting ‘‘the crew- 24 man’’; and 25 (iii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:16 Apr 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6558.IH H6558 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6558 IH (D) in subparagraph (B), as redesig- 1 nated— 2 (i) by striking ‘‘twenty-nine’’ and in- 3 serting ‘‘29’’; 4 (ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such 5 term appears and inserting ‘‘the crew- 6 man’’; 7 (iii) by striking ‘‘one’’ and inserting 8 ‘‘vessel or aircraft’’; and 9 (iv) by striking the period at the end 10 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 11 (E) by adding at the end the following: 12 ‘‘(C) 180 days, if the immigration officer is 13 satisfied that the crewman intends to depart, 14 within the period for which the crewman is per- 15 mitted to land, on a vessel other than the vessel 16 on which the crewman arrived and that the 17 crewman will perform ship-to-ship cargo trans- 18 fer operations to or from any other vessel en- 19 gaged in foreign trade. 20 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of 21 law, the period of admission for an alien who is a 22 nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(C) in imme- 23 diate and continuous transit through the United 24 States to a vessel performing ship-to-ship cargo 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:16 Apr 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6558.IH H6558 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 6558 IH transfer operations shall be up to, but shall not ex- 1 ceed, 180 days.’’; and 2 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection 3 (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:16 Apr 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6558.IH H6558 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS