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DHS/USCBP RIN: 1651-AA76 Publication ID: Spring 2008 
Title: ●Coastwise Transportation of Passengers 
Abstract: This interim rule amends the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’) current regulations relating to the transportation of passengers by non-coastwise-qualified vessels on voyages that begin and end at a U.S. port and stop at intervening U.S. and foreign port(s). Under this interim final rule, voyages that begin and end at a U.S. port and stop at a foreign port(s) and at intervening U.S. port(s) where a large U.S.-flag coastwise-qualified passenger vessel engages in regular service are in violation of the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA) unless the cumulative length of stay(s) at intervening foreign port(s) is more than 50 percent of the total amount of time spent at the intervening U.S. port(s) and passengers are permitted to go ashore at the foreign port(s). The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that the Congressional purpose in enacting the PVSA, which is to preserve the economic benefits of U.S. coastwise trade to U.S.-flag coastwise-qualified vessels, is properly implemented. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 19 CFR 4.80a(b)(4)   
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301    19 USC 66    19 USC 1431    19 USC 1433    19 USC 1434    19 USC 1624    19 USC 2071 note    46 USC 501    46 USC 60105   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Action  05/00/2008    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Glen E. Vereb
Chief, Cargo Security, Carriers and Immigration Branch, Office of International Trade
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Office of Regulations and Rulings, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20229
Phone:202 325-0212