Keeping America's Energy Resources Moving Act of 2020
This bill authorizes an alien crewman to obtain a permit to land in the United States for up to 180 days if, during this period, the crewman will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations involving a vessel engaged in foreign trade. Currently, an alien crewman may obtain a permit to land for up to 29 days.
Under this bill, an alien passing in transit through the United States to board a vessel to perform the above-described liquid cargo transfer operations may qualify as a nonimmigrant in transit. (A qualifying nonimmigrant in transit may obtain a transit visa.)
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8768 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8768
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing
in transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the
alien will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within
a class of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 17, 2020
Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Richmond, Mr.
Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Young, Mr. Cloud, Mr.
Olson, and Mr. Cuellar) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include aliens passing
in transit through the United States to board a vessel on which the
alien will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations within
a class of nonimmigrant aliens, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping America's Energy Resources
Moving Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF NONIMMIGRANT IN TRANSIT.
Subparagraph (C) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is amended to read as follows:
``(C)(i) an alien in immediate and continuous
transit through the United States not to exceed 29
days;
``(ii) an alien who qualifies as a person entitled
to pass in transit to and from the United Nations
Headquarters District and foreign countries, under the
provisions of paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of section
11 of the Headquarters Agreement with the United
Nations (61 Stat. 758); or
``(iii) an alien passing in transit through the
United States to board a vessel on which the alien will
perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo transfer operations
to or from another vessel engaged in foreign trade for
a period not to exceed 180 days.''.
SEC. 3. CONDITIONAL PERMITS TO LAND TEMPORARILY.
Section 252(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1282(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) 180 days, if the immigration officer is satisfied
that the crewman intends to depart, within the period for which
the crewman is permitted to land, on either the same vessel or
on a vessel other than the vessel on which the crewman arrived
and that the crewman will perform ship-to-ship liquid cargo
transfer operations to or from any other vessel engaged in
foreign trade during such period.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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