Safeguarding American Tourism Act

Section 55103(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

This section shall not apply to any vessel with 800 or more passenger berths.

Chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in section 12103, by adding at the end the following:; and

The requirements of this section shall not apply to any vessel with 800 or more passenger berths and that transports passengers between ports or places in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port.

(2) in section 12112(a)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting except in the case of a vessel described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2), before satisfies; and

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking or after the semicolon;

(ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking; and and inserting; or; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

(C) has 800 or more passenger berths and transports passengers between ports or places in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port; and

Section 8103(k) of title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any vessel with 800 or more passenger berths and that transports passengers between ports or places in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port.

(1) by inserting not to exceed the period during which such crewman is in possession of a valid, unexpired visa issued pursuant to such paragraph, if such immigration officer is satisfied that the crewman intends to depart before the em dash preceding paragraph (1); and

(2) by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and inserting the following:

(1) on the vessel or aircraft on which such crewman arrived; or

(2) on a vessel or aircraft other than the vessel or aircraft on which such crewman arrived.