Alaska Tourism Recovery Act Passes U.S. Senate

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No hearings on H.R. 1318 (or S. 593) scheduled. There can be no direct floor action in the House without a Rules Committee action. None as of now. House adjourns for Memorial Day district work period on Thursday May 20 until Monday June 14.

 

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For those who need a refresher on the process ....

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Edited May 17, 2021 by NavArch64

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Ladies and Gentlemen

    There is a long way to go before S. 593 / H.R. 1318 can become law.  Whether it will or not is anyone's guess.

[victory2020]

On 5/13/2021 at 6:04 PM, Ken the cruiser said:

So does Princess have any available cruise ships on the West Coast that might be able to get approved for Phase 4 restricted cruises if this gets signed into law?

My friend lives near the San Pedro port, she regularly sees ships in port.

[victory2020]

On 5/13/2021 at 7:38 PM, IrieBajan54 said:

Good luck vaccinating all crew members who are still at home mostly in places like the Philippines and Indonesia.

I have a FB friend who is Filipino & works at Princess, a few of his co workers have been called up to work on I believe the Royal

[NavArch64]

Majestic Princess, Ruby Princess, and Emerald Princess (along with Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam and Noordam are all off the west coast of Baja California in the Pacific. But, the real question is, has Santa Clarita prepared an application for a CDC CSO CSC for each of these ships?

[AF-1]

FYI Carnival Cruise Lines, which is parent company of Princess just sailed one of their ships to Mobile Alabama so the entire crew could be vaccinated.  They had health people meet the ship and went onboard and vaccinated all crew.  So that's a good thing.

[NavArch64]

A nuance ... Carnival Corporation is the Panama City, Panama domiciled entity that owns Princess Cruise Lines.

[2 cruises a year]

29 minutes ago, NavArch64 said:

A nuance ... Carnival Corporation is the Panama City, Panama domiciled entity that owns Princess Cruise Lines.

And Carnival Cruise Lines.

Edited May 17, 2021 by 2 cruises a year

[NavArch64]

Of course. Perhaps the 3 PCL ships can soon go to San Pedro and get the crew VAX and the 3 HAL ships to San Diego for the same. That would be a good step forward for PCL and HAL.

[NavArch64]

To AF-1 ... your point is a good one. As I understand it, 2 CCL ships had crew VAX in Galveston, along with the 1 ship you mentioned in Mobile.

[Ken the cruiser]

3 minutes ago, NavArch64 said:

Of course. Perhaps the 3 PCL ships can soon go to San Pedro and get the crew VAX and the 3 HAL ships to San Diego for the same. That would be a good step forward for PCL and HAL.

There is definitely no shortage of Princess, HAL and Carnival ships up and down the Pacific Coast from LA to La Paz, Mexico. I count 5 HAL, 5 Princess and 2 Carnival ships.

 

EMERALD PRINCESS Current Location (cruisemapper.com)

[cr8tiv1]

Some day (???) I will remember the sequence of PVSA.  Guess the passengers need to get on the Vessel before they can be serviced.  Thank you for your gentle ways of reminding me.

[K.T.B.]

3 hours ago, 2 cruises a year said:

And Carnival Cruise Lines.

And HAL and Cunard and Costa... et al.

[nocl]

9 hours ago, NavArch64 said:

A nuance ... Carnival Corporation is the Panama City, Panama domiciled entity that owns Princess Cruise Lines.

Carnival has dual corporate registration as a result of its purchase of P&O the then parent of Princess.  So it is domiciled in both Panama and the UK.  Keeping the UK corporate registration was a component of the approval for the purchase of P&O.

[LHARTWICK]

On 5/13/2021 at 7:49 PM, By The Bay said:

A few more hurdles to get over.

 

1. The House will need to vote it through.

2. The President will need to sign it.

3. The CDC will need to allow cruise ships to resume.

 

Good luck. 🤞

So we’re relying on basically the government and CDC? Oh lord we are doomed!  LOL!!

[By The Bay]

1 hour ago, LHARTWICK said:

So we’re relying on basically the government and CDC? Oh lord we are doomed!  LOL!!

[NavArch64]

To nocl ... a nuance on a nuance ... but, absolutely correct.

 

Carnival Corporation						Carnival plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)						(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Republic of Panama						England and Wales
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)						(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
001-9610						001-15136
(Commission File Number)						(Commission File Number)
59-1562976						98-0357772
(IRS Employer Identification No.)						(IRS Employer Identification No.)
3655 N.W. 87th Avenue Miami, Florida 33178-2428						Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade Southampton SO15 1ST, United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)						(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(305) 599-2600						011 44 23 8065 5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)						(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
None						None
(Former name or former address,  if changed since last report.)						(Former name, former address, if changed since last report.)

[NavArch64]

By the way, I have had the pleasure of visiting both ...

     Carnival Corporation HQ, 3655 N.W. 87th Avenue

 Miami, Florida 33178-2428

and ...

 Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade

Southampton SO15 1ST, England, UK

The ship models in the lobby of both buildings are fabulous .... generally given to the owner by the shipbuilder.

[nini]

On 5/17/2021 at 7:33 AM, NavArch64 said:

Of course. Perhaps the 3 PCL ships can soon go to San Pedro and get the crew VAX and the 3 HAL ships to San Diego for the same. That would be a good step forward for PCL and HAL.

As we speak:

 

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2021-05-17/cruise-ship-crews-getting-covid-19-vaccines-in-san-diego-wednesday

[franktown]

On 5/17/2021 at 8:40 AM, victory2020 said:

My friend lives near the San Pedro port, she regularly sees ships in port.

The ships stop in ports to be re-fueled and take on supplies.  They do the same thing in Florida ports.  The problem is the ships are only staffed with essential crew.  Not the crew that would be needed for cruises to resume.

[NavArch64]

As has been reported elsewhere ... S.593 ...

Sponsor:	Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (Introduced 03/04/2021)
Committees:	Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Committee Meetings:	04/28/21 10:00AM
Latest Action:	House - 05/17/2021 Held at the desk.

[Thrak]

Sadly, our May 2022 Alaska cruise is round-trip from Vancouver. Not only is the proposed bill set to expire before then but, if Canada is still denying cruise ships access by that time, we still won't be able to sail. D'Oh!

[NavArch64]

Hold the bill at the desk

A maneuver reserving the right of action on a measure to the full Chamber, rather than to a committee. A bill held at the desk is available for immediate consideration. Since it is not referred to a committee, the bill has no hearings or committee reports accompanying it from that Chamber. A bill passed by one Chamber and referred to the second Chamber often is held at the desk in the second Chamber, particularly when the second Chamber already is working on similar legislation.

 

Conclusion: For S.593 / H.R.1318 .... could be good news ... or could be bad news ... for those who want immediate passage in HOR.